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May Day happy day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... 324K (the lowest since January 2008). Bring out the champers too, Virginia, for the European Central Bank has delivered the goods, and then some. The ECB noted: "... we decided to lower the interest rate on the main refinancing operations of the Eurosystem ...

No promises, promises for Kuroda

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013

BOJ brings out big bazooka

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... data, Japan accounts for 17% of Australia's total exports as at the end of 2011, second only to China which buys 25% of our goods and services shipments but far more than the 5% the United States buys from us. Plus, most of Japan's import needs -- oil ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... traded. In economics news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release figures for international trade in goods and services for February and the Housing Industry Association will release new home sales data for the same month. In equities ...

No end in sight for renminbi rally

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... debt funds do. A higher renminbi could also hurt Chinese exports by making it more expensive for overseas economies to by goods, resulting in an increased focused on the Chinese consumer. This would benefit investors in emerging markets or China specific ...

I was there!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... around the same theme - Wall Street closed higher due to better-than-expected US indicators, particularly housing and durable goods orders. Frankly Frank, it would have been a ho-hum night were it not for the S&P 500 index climbing just less than 2 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... points at 5129. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases international trade in goods and services for January, and overseas arrivals and departures data. Meanwhile, the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry ...

Can't help falling in love with stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... economic growth. Stronger growth in the United States spills over to its trading partners as Americans spend on imported goods. The world is made whole again. Nice happy thoughts, aren't they? But there's also a not so cheery outlook. Though Europe seems ...

China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... are servicing it - banking and legal services to painting and paving - and demand for property-related products - white goods, curtains, bricks, mortars, paint, et cetera and so on and so forth. Oh yeah, and also the countries that supply the raw materials ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... 1,515.98. The NASDAQ Composite index gained 32.61 points, or 1.04 per cent, at 3,162.26. The positive trading came after durable goods orders for January sank by 5.2 per cent because of a big drop in aircraft orders. However, excluding transportation ...