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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... Nasdaq composite fell 17 points to 2,888. The declines follow a big gain on Friday after a surprisingly good US employment report. LONDON - Markets were in a cautious mood on Monday as talks dragged on between Greek political leaders over a fresh austerity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... yields and prices move in opposite directions. LONDON - European stock markets closed lower after a mixed US employment report and the G20 summit did little to help ease investor concerns over the risks the eurozone debt crisis poses for growth. In London ...

S.O.S

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... next meeting on the 9th of this month. Some may hate even the thought of another QE, but should Friday's US employment report turns in another ugly number and takes equity markets several notches down - they'll be begging for it and send this urgent ...

Now for the denominator

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... component go down to 57.5 (July). Will QE3 be back on the table? Perhaps, particularly if this coming Friday's US employment report turns in another set of ugly numbers. It's time to bring back focus on the denominator of the debt-to-GDP ratio - to induce ...

Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... speech at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars on 8 June 2010 (also after a disappointing US employment report): "My best guess is we will have a continued recovery, but it won't feel terrific....The unemployment rate is still going to ...

U-G-L-Y

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
Let's cut to the chase and get straight to the point - the US employment report most of us have waited for all week was plain and simply U-G-L-Y ugly. There's no ifs, no ands and definitely no buts. Ugly, ugly, ugly. That's just what it is! Although ...

Bunga bunga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... grizzlies are finding themselves naked as news keep on getting better all the time. OK, ok. Maybe not the US employment report released over the weekend. Not yet. But it'll get there. What with all the positive activity indicators we've witnessed so ...

Cycling up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... employment survey was taken. It was the weather that was unexpected! The fact is both camps are dissecting the US employment report to its sub-atomic parts to find rationales for their views. And it shall be so next month and the month after... and the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... at noon, following a weak lead from Wall Street as traders remain on the sidelines in the lead-up to a key US employment report. At 1204 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 18.3 points, or 0.39 per cent, at 4,673.0 points, while the broader ...

Not a jobless double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... spread the joy - either through increased dividends, increased wages or increased hiring. What the latest US employment report indicates is that this is another "jobless recovery". Yes it is "jobless" but the economy is also in "recovery". It's not a ...