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The day the music died

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... of Fedspeak of QE rollback "in the next few meetings". There's the yen rebound and lower-than-expected China manufacturing PMI - not good for exports. There was the spike in 10-year JGB yields following BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's 'revelation' to ...

A long two-month wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... Thomson Reuters Regulatory Summit. Meanwhile, the Australian Industry Group is due to release the performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for March and the HIA its new home sales for the same month. In equities news, BT Investment Management is expected ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... doesn't cut the mustard. Anyways, China had some nasty news too, which is bad for Australia and the world. China's official PMI slip to 50.6 in April from 50.9 in March and lower than the expected 51.0 print. A mayday call perhaps...but only if you forget ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... probably looking to lock in some gains," Rivkin global analyst Tim Radford told AAP. "If we see a surprise upside in the Chinese PMI (manufacturing) figures it will support commodity markets and the miners but there is more of a case for a negative surprise. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... Thomson Reuters Regulatory Summit. Meanwhile, the Australian Industry Group is due to release the performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for March and the HIA its new home sales for the same month. In equities news, BT Investment Management is expected ...

Don't be disappointed if the ECB disappoints

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... 25 bps (maybe 50?) reduction in interest rates. The continuing recession in the region, the dreadful lead from the Eurozone PMI indices and last night's disappointing euro area economic confidence in April make it even more likely that Santa Draghi's ...

China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... Composite index plunged 3.7% and the S&P/ASX 200 index lost 1.5% yesterday. All due to reports that China's non-manufacturing PMI eased to 54.5 in February - the weakest level in five months - from 56.2 in January. Don't know about you but isn't the ...

Beans means Buffet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... present looks like giving birth to a healthy future. The signs: Economic indicators are improving as evidenced by the latest PMI reports in the US and elsewhere. The major central banks have pledged and/or are doing 'whatever it takes' reflate their ...

Insider selling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... than the expiration of his term in April (hip, hip, more stimulus would come three weeks earlier) - and China - its services PMI jumped to a 4-month high in January. But war - even a cold one - in anybody's language does nobody no good, especially if ...