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Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... Rousseff announced a US$66 billion infrastructure plan on top tax breaks that came into effect in May and followed by a petrol price cap and a freeze fares on public transport. That's not all, the government announced plans to reduce the payroll tax ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher following positive data from the US and China over the weekend and news of a eurozone deal to boost the bloc's firewall against future financial crises. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the June share price ...

Better second half

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
Has Wall Street suddenly gone loco - surging at a time like this? Perhaps it's because of valuation. Stock prices have fallen so low that it's making investors' mouths water. Seems like it, the S&P 500 is currently trading at a price-earnings ratio ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
The Australian market may gain on Monday after US equity and most commodity markets rose on Friday. Trading may be subdued because of public holidays in the UK and US on Monday. At 0753 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
The Australian market is expected to open lower on Tuesday, following falls on Wall Street in both commodities and equities. On the ASX 24 at 0735 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 16 points lower at 4,653. In economics news on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
The Australian dollar has fallen almost half a US cent following disappointing housing finance data and a soft consumer sentiment survey. At 1200 AEDT, the local unit was trading at 100.73 US cents, lower from Tuesday's local close of 101.16 US cents. ...

Bad news is good news is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
When bad news... Those who've already done their weekend reading probably know what I'm going to write about. Yes, it's the US private non-farm payrolls report for September - the one that shows that jobs in America are still hard to come by. Overall ...

Fortune cookie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
Move on people, there wasn't a lot of shaking that went on in Wall Street last night. The US equity market closed almost as flat as pancake after the US Commerce Department released the latest update on retail sales that - once again - could be interpreted ...

A tale of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
Let's leave hard US economic data aside for today. There's not so much we can gather from them these days anyway and perhaps for a few more months to come. Yes, Virginia. The economic numbers have become boring. Day after day, month after month, we ...

It's coming true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
"Such a feelin's comin over me There is wonder in most everything I see Not a cloud in the sky Got the sun in my eyes" (Carpenters) Wall Street snubbed what was broadly a bad news day and instead merrily hummed, "Everything I want the world to be, is ...