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Iffy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... expected. It indicates that the US is starting to make inroads into the labour market. This should support consumer confidence and encourage shopping. Speaking of consumer confidence. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index rose to 52.5 in March ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... portfolio adjustments as the end of the quarter approached. The mood in the market was upbeat after a report that consumer confidence grew more than expected in March, although sentiment was still well below historical levels that indicate a strong economy. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... market to only modest moves on Friday but gains for the week were strong. Uneven figures on retail sales and consumer confidence gave investors little new insight into the economy. The reports weren't enough to propel the market higher a day after the ...

Don't know where to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... same story. But the week is not over for Wall Street yet. It'll be a big one tonight with US retail sales, consumer confidence and business inventories slated for release. We may finally see some real direction. But then again, the weather may again ...

La de da de da

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... sending disposable income down by 0.4 per cent. Were US consumers concerned as pointed out by the sharp drop in consumer confidence we saw last week? You tell me. Personal spending gained by a stronger-than-expected 0.5 per cent in January. Next. US ...

Data data everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... last week. This is hardly surprising given the mixed indications provided by latest US data. Bad data. US consumer confidence - as measured by the Commerce Department - dropped big time in February. US property market still in thick in the woods. New ...

Trader's market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... song remains the same. All I have to do is change the "cause" of the decline -- which was the sharp drop in consumer confidence last Wednesday - to the unexpected increase in US jobless claims and the unexpected drop in US durable goods orders. Jobless ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... shaken by data pointing to a fragile economic recovery in the eurozone and news that eurozone business and consumer confidence had fallen in February for the first time in 11 months. In London, the FTSE 100 index lost 64.69 points, or 1.21 per cent to ...

Positive spin to bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... that's if you're watching the daily ups and downs. Yesterday Wall Street shed around 1 per cent "because" US consumer confidence in February dropped by more than expected to its lowest reading in 10 months. Borrowing from Croc Dundee, "you call that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... shares closed down 1.48 per cent, tracking losses on Wall Street the previous night on a weak reading of US consumer confidence, with the strong yen weighing on exporters. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index dropped 153.27 points to ...