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Go flip a coin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... measure would give a resounding "yes" answer to a May interest rate snip. Headline inflation eased to 1.3% in the March quarter - far below the lower bound of the RBA's 2%-3% target - that followed the December quarter's inflation slowdown to 1.7%. However ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... to $55.55 after releasing its quarterly update, which showed a 12 per cent fall in iron ore shipments during the March quarter, compared with the previous three months. BHP Billiton shares were up 65 cents, or 2.2 per cent, to $30.47 while Fortescue ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... Coal was up 3.5 cents at $1.575 after increasing its full year production target by 200,000 tonnes after a boost in March quarter production. Among the banks, Commonwealth Bank was down 55 cents at $92.46, National Australia Bank had lost 40 cents to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... session. Woodside Petroleum lifted 35 cents to $35.60 despite its sales revenue declining by 20% to $1.4 billion in the March quarter. Santos was up 11 cents at $7.80. Lend Lease backtracked 17 cents to $17.02 despite the engineering construction group ...

Contango appoints analysts to capitalise on growing markets

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... officer George Boubouras, who said the addition followed strong performance across the various Contango funds for the March quarter. Scott was recently head of research at Ord Minnett and was the senior portfolio manager for Deutsche Asset Management ...

Q1 earnings expectations get rub down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... IQ's Mike Thompson, for instance, expects the S&P 500 companies' net earnings to drop by 3% year-on-year for the March quarter (from plus 3.7% in the December quarter) and revenues down by 1.5% (from plus 3%). If you think this is no good, try John Butters' ...

LMCI: a new indicator is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... weakest since July 2012's 0.7 print. The LMCI slowed from an average of 5.0 in the December quarter to 3.6 in the March quarter before jumping to a reading of 6.2 in the June quarter - confirming the slowdown due to the polar vortex and the ensuing payback. ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... contraction. No worries, PM Abe and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) factored in this give back after the growth spurt in the March quarter (up 6.1% annualised) before they went ahead and raised the consumption tax from 5% to 8% in April... and expects growth ...

All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... suggests there's still slack. My Factset screen shows that UK unit wage costs increased by only 0.6% in the year to the March quarter, marginally up from the 0.4% year-on-year rate in the December quarter - suggesting that rising inflation remains not ...

'As expected' changing expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... stronger than consensus expectations for a 3.1% lift - from an upwardly revised 2.1% (from 2.9%) contraction in the March quarter. So why didn't Wall Street jump with joy and sing hallelujah last night? Could it be because of the return of 'The Maestro'? ...