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Ready for another take off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... issue". If you did a Rip van Winkle in May and woke up only today, you would find that nothing much has changed. The US economy continues to strengthen but not enough for the Fed to completely reduce stimulation...much less, raise interest rates. Oh ...

Oh how welcome thy voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... overnight that more or less said the same thing. Sure, sure, stats and surveys released last night showed that the US economy is lookin' good. Consumer confidence, durable goods orders, new home sales and property prices all came in better than markets ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street helped by data showing more strength and confidence in the US economy and as worries eased over a credit crunch in China. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... dealers digested downbeat Chinese data, mixed signals about the eurozone economy and S&P raising its outlook for the US economy from stable. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares slipped 0.18 per cent to 6,400.45 points, Paris' CAC 40 dipped 0.21 ...

Fracking shock in store for US

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... energy-independent US, according to Nikko Asset Management chief executive Charles Beazley, who thinks the performance of the US economy will surprise everybody. New fracking technologies have recently made it economical for the US to access its large ...

The death of QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... has sucked rational thinking out of their brains. Last night's batch of releases indicates that the outlook for the US economy remains foggy. ISM non-manufacturing index came in better than expected but factory orders disappointed. However, the more ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... per cent following a global rout as weaker-than-expected data on private jobs creation underscored weakness in the US economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 216.65 points (1.43 per cent) at 14,960.59 in closing trade. The broad-based S&P ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... claims rose and an initial estimate of first quarter economic growth was revised slightly lower. That suggests the US economy may still need some time to recover from its funk and that the Fed will keep up its $US85 billion in monthly bond purchases. ...

Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... the Fed would announce QE3. On that day in April, market sentiment was on the "or not" due to indications that the US economy was gaining momentum. We know now that five months later - on 13 September 2012 - the Fed went ahead and QE'd. For sure, there ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... in the 12 months to March - the most in about seven years. You got that Stuart? We've got a leap and a bound in the US economy. Doesn't this imply that QE tapering is nigh? Uncle Ben said so. Or did he? That's the $85 billion question isn't it? In the ...