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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... was mixed. The Conference Board reported consumer confidence fell in September, while the Case-Shiller report on US home prices showed prices rose in July, but at a slower pace. LONDON - European stock markets rebounded in the wake of mixed eurozone ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... and houses). The All Ords index has risen by 18.1% in the 12 months to August while according to RP Data-Rismark, home prices across Australia's eight states and territories have increased 5.3% in the year to July. The Economist magazine has an interactive ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... and the jobs data is released Friday. Other big reports this week include second-quarter gross domestic growth and home prices. LONDON - European stock markets ended mostly flat, ceding early gains ahead of a busy week as earnings season comes into full ...

Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... market volatility would send bond yields higher that, in turn, would hit equity markets, raise mortgage rates and hit home prices, raise the US yield differential against other sovereign offerings that would increase the US dollar exchange rate that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... share market is set for a relatively flat start despite Wall Street's rise to a new record high. Strong gains in US home prices and consumer confidence pushed the the Dow Jones Industrial Average to 15,409.39, its highest ever level. But the local June ...

On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... that'll continue to spend and pay taxes. Must be why the University of Michigan/Reuters consumer sentiment is rising, home prices continue to climb, construction spending is strengthening and durable good orders are surging. Even better, the forward ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... December quarter. The Australian Industry Group's performance of manufacturing (PMI) index and the RP Data-Rismark's home prices, both for January, are also expected. Westpac chief economist Bill Evans is slated to address an Economic Indicators Luncheon ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... 101.37 points (0.75 per cent) at 13,457.55. However, earlier in Europe, a jump in US consumer confidence and rising home prices were cited as key factors in the region's markets' positive turnaround after opening on a gloomy note. London's FTSE 100 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the house price index for the June quarter, and RP Data/Rismark releases home prices for July, while the Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers releases its performance of manufacturing index for July. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... in Paris the CAC 40 lost 0.30 per cent to 3012.71 points. US stocks scored solid gains, lifted by positive data on home prices that offset another decline in consumer confidence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished Tuesday's session up 32.01 points ...