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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... down 12 points at 5,061. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is due to release average weekly time earnings (AWOTE) for the six months to November. In equities news, ASX, Insurance Australia Group, Paperlinx, Qantas ...

Insider selling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... stopping the raging bulls from taking over The Street. Until now... Because the insiders are selling! Citing the Vickers Weekly Insider Report published by Argus Research, Mark Hulbert (Wall Street Journal MarketWatch) warned in his column that, "Insider ...

Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... interpret one week's data. Then again, the broader picture is lookin' good. The number of claims has downshifted from a weekly average of 360-380K for most of last year to 340-360 towards the end of 2012 and into the new year. If this trend persists ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013
... world's second largest economy rebounded strongly in December. That good news was offset by a US government report that weekly applications for unemployment benefits ticked up last week. The Labor Department said applications rose 4,000 to 371,000, the ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... was waiting to hear more from the president, Obama said only, "Merry Christmas." Stocks fell despite the fourth straight weekly drop in applications for unemployment benefits. Applications fell 29,000 last week to 343,000, the second-lowest this year ...

Giving thanks to thanksgiving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... optimism last week. The S&P 500 index ended the last day of the trading week as it began - on the up and up - for a total weekly tally of plus 3.6%, the largest five-day gain since June, after losing 1.4% the week before and down 2.4% before that. To ...

Fed money on the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... wind, the answer isn't blowing in the wind. The answer lies in the Fed's balance sheet. If you care to look at the Fed's weekly balance sheet data releases, you'll find that the US central bank didn't expand its balance sheet immediately after QE3's ...

Financial Standard names FS Smileys finalists

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... AllTwitter.com. In Australia, research by Zurich found that 42% of financial advisers now use social media daily and 38% at least weekly. Richard Dunkerley (@rdunkerley), Head of Marketing - Life and Investment at Zurich and one of the judges, said ...

Market wrap late AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... rates this month and the expectation of a further cut." US stocks made modest gains on Thursday as durable goods orders and weekly unemployment claims came in better than expected and Procter & Gamble earnings beat forecasts. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... 2.9 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 4,533.5 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have made modest gains as durable goods orders and weekly unemployment claims came in better than expected and Procter & Gamble earnings beat forecasts. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...