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AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... to open higher after the S&P 500 hit a new record peak with investors were generally optimistic about growth in the US economy. At 0810 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up 21 points at 5,417. In local economic news on ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... agreed at their January meeting that further gradual reductions in their stimulus would be appropriate as long as the US economy keeps improving. In local economic news on Thursday, the Commonwealth Bank business sales indicator for January is due to ...

Equity-like bonds most attractive

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... are also long in various local currency emerging market sovereigns such as Mexico, which is linked to the improving US economy and benefiting from fiscal flexibility and structural reforms." The fund, which currently has a distribution yield of 6.50% ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... added 37.1 points, or 0.72 per cent, to 5,184.5. NEW YORK - US stocks surged despite a labour report that said the US economy added far fewer jobs than expected in January. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shot up 165.55 points (1.06 per cent) to 15,794.08. ...

Subjected to interpretation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... of American money - green. We all know what green means, don't we Virginia? Go, go, go. Go a-shopping... because the US economy is going. At least that's the interpretation markets gave to the greater than expected 20K decline in US jobless claims to ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... markets' expected. Polar vortex? What polar vortex? The US service sector continues to gain momentum indicating that the US economy hasn't been iced as markets thought when the Institute of Supply Management released its manufacturing survey earlier ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... US jobs data. At 0900 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 14 points at 5,032. The US economy added 175,000 private-sector jobs in January, slowing from the 227,000 increase in December, payrolls firm ADP reported. Analysts ...

Mmm bargains, hmm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... rebound. It was because US factory orders fell less than expected in December - 1.5% versus 1.8% -- and therefore the US economy is not heading for cactusville as feared the day before. Woo-hoo! Sure, like many other December and January stats, they ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... investors followed a negative lead from Wall Street, which had its worst session since June amid concerns about the US economy and emerging markets. Local stocks were also impacted by the Reserve Bank's decision to leave interest rates unchanged, and ...

Brookvine inks US micro cap deal

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... other interested parties. "Micro cap stocks performed exceptionally well in 2013 amidst the gradual recovery of the US economy and the weaning negative sentiment towards equities," Cuesta said. "Conditions remain very favourable. Cash levels are at all-time ...

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