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S&P 500: 22 corrections in 6 months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... economic growth (and therefore, tepid earnings growth), geo-politics - Iraq, Russia, Ukraine, Syria - and its effect on oil prices, the Fed is "behind the curve"... name it and you'll find it... a rationale for why the market is about to pop sometime ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... S&P 500 has edged to a new record as investors weighed solid economic data with ongoing violence in Iraq that pushed oil prices to a new nine-month high. The broad-based S&P 500 rose 2.50 points (0.13 per cent) to 1,959.48, its second consecutive record ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... situation in Iraq," he said. "There are fears of renewed conflict in the Middle East and how this will continue to drive up oil prices and impact on global growth." He said mining stocks have also been hit by further declines in the iron ore price. The ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... stocks finished higher as investors weighed the implications of escalating sectarian violence in Iraq that has lifted oil prices to nine-month highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 41.55 points (0.25 per cent) to 16,775.74. The broad-based ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... Ukraine - yet the S&P 500 index continues to break records. But let's just concentrate on the ones that directly impacted oil prices. Gulf War 1 in the 1990's sent oil prices soaring by 166% -- from a low of US$15.43 a barrel in June 1990 (before Saddam's ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... for further falls after another negative session on Wall Street, caused by escalating violence in Iraq that pushed US oil prices to nine month highs. At 0700 AEST on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was 30 points lower at 5,401. In ...

Maybe slowing, definitely distorted, more likely rebalancing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... ore prices in over four years, the biggest two-session decline in copper futures in 28 months, the fall in WTI crude oil prices to their lowest level in three weeks... The 'bots' did what they were programmed to do -"if actual data is < expectations ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... clawed back some of Monday's losses against the yen as a certain degree of confidence returned to the market, while oil prices fell back after hitting multi-month highs. Tokyo rose 0.47 per cent, or 69.25 points, to 14,721.48, Sydney added 0.29 per cent ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... nuclear program that will see sanctions eased on the key oil exporter. The accord reached over the weekend in Geneva sent oil prices down, weighing on the share prices in energy groups but boosting airlines facing huge fuel costs. London's benchmark ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... are weaker as Wall Street volatility hits all local sectors. The miners are suffering the heaviest falls as gold and oil prices fell, Australian Stock Report senior equity analyst Benny Sada says. "The miners have taken a bigger hit than the banks - ...