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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... expectations survey is slated for release as is the Australian Industry Group/Pricewaterhouse performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for August. And, the ANZ job advertisements series for August plus the Reserve Bank of Australia commodity prices for ...

Limboland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012

Fall on the Wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... year. So all good? Errr... perhaps, if the US economy is operating in a vacuum. But it ain't. The HSBC flash manufacturing PMI for China fell to a nine-month low of 47.8 in August from 49.3 in the previous month. More fuel for the hard landers. And surprise ...

If not now, when?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... for the ECB too, not even after staring at a euro record high unemployment rate of 11.2% and the Eurozone's manufacturing PMI dropping further below contraction territory to a reading of 44.0 in July from 45.1 in June. It's also too soon for the BOE ...

Two cuts and a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012

Tell that to the marines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... month and expectations for a 52.3 reading. America's manufacturing sector is contracting. So too is China's. China's official PMI dipped to 50.2 last month from 50.4 in May. While this is ahead of consensus expectations for a reading of 49.9, HSBC's ...

China manuf growth figures being misread

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... is that a number more than 50 equates to expansion while a number less than 50 indicates contraction. Last Thursday's flash PMI of 48.1, down from 48.4 in May, indicated the index had reached a seven month low, noted HSBC. But Jonathan Wu, associate ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... May to an annualised rate of 4.55 million units - down from 4.63 mil at the start of 2012. Markit's flash US manufacturing PMI declined to 52.9 in June - the lowest reading since July 2011 - from 54.0 last month. Markit's PMI releases also showed continuing ...

Equity value - cheap or the new normal?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
There must be some truth in reports that came out a few days ago, that Australians have now surpassed the Brits as the world's biggest whingers. Whinge, whinge, whinge. This went on full display right here, right now after the RBA decided to give the ...

"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
Stop looking. There are no ifs, no ands, no ors, and no buts to find, it's getting ugly out there. Oh yes Virginia, the combed over look ugly as events and indicators of the past week suggest that we are coming into, if not already in, a perfect storm. ...