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Bond bears out of hibernation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... corporate profits equals higher share prices. Perhaps it's because of their lofty valuations. Aunt Janet even said so last night, that they are presently "quite high". But then qualified that, "Now, they're not so high when you compare the returns on ...

RBA cuts as expected, A$ does the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... 1.25 percentage points - with exports slumping at an annualised 7.2% over the quarter and imports increasing by 1.8%. Last night's US trade data showing an upward revision in the trade deficit to US$51.4 billion in March - the biggest gap since October ...

Will nice numbers make RBA a bad guy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... our yankee-doodle-dandy brethrens? You know what I refer to if you've already seen the report on US factory orders last night, which was spun as a "solid rebound"/"the largest gain in 8 months". Hooray, hooray... until you look at the details, that is. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... rest of the market, in particular the miners, are providing support on the back of a good Wall Street session on Friday night." He said falling expectations of a rate cut on Tuesday was also weighing on the banks. At 1020 AEST, Westpac fell $1.43 cents ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... upward pressure on compensation costs. But alas! Wall Streeters still didn't like it. The S&P 500 index dropped by 1.0% last night despite the "good" data releases. Porque? Because it's bad, it brings the prospect a June lift-off back into play. Then ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... core durable orders for March and a decline in Markit's US flash manufacturing PMI for April reported last week and last night's drop to a four-month low in April consumer confidence - make this highly unlikely. Maybe September? October? November? December? ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... iron ore prices have prompted investors to move into the resources sector following overseas share market gains on Friday night. "Mining and energy stocks are leading the market higher but gold stocks have taken some of the gloss off that performance," ...

PROFILE: Findex chief executive Spiro Paule

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... company started collating everything- from how you turn and unlock the door and turning on the lights to how you lock up at night and everything in between. Read the rest of the article in the latest edition of Financial Standard. Download here.

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Impressive! Nah Virginia, I refer not to the big bouncy bouncy Wall Street and European equity markets did last night - which almost instantaneously affirmed the rant I scribbled on this space yesterday that "the bad and the bad and the bad" that spooked ...

A fantabulous set of jobs numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... currently fetching US$0.7792 after reaching US$0.7806 overnight (although this was partly aided by general US$ weakness last night). This makes the RBA May cut or not an interesting game. How so? Because at the current A$/US$ exchange, the A$ is back ...