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Slow and steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... but - this excellent one-month data point begs the question, "why, oh why, oh why was Wall Street's reaction subdued overnight when it jumped - big time - on 'sort of' good data points the night before"? Heck, the Nasdaq and the Russell 2000 indices ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... figures and surprisingly good US car sales pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 to record closing highs overnight. And strong recovery in Australian banking stocks was also giving the market a boost, IG Markets dealer Chris Weston ...

So good but for the wrong spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... 50.8 in May and expectations of 51.1. These are the "bright and wonderful" indicators used to rationalise Wall Street's overnight bounce. Look again and you'll see that they could as easily be spun to justify a down day on Wall Street. And the spinmeisters ...

Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... Elliot, "not with a bang but a whimper. If you must know Virginia, the S&P 500 index finished a teenie-weenie 0.04% lower overnight but still managed a decent 6.1% return over the first six months of this year in spite of several bumps along the way. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
The share market was slightly weaker at noon after falls on Wall Street overnight and poor spending data in the US provided negative leads. A higher iron ore price has given some miners a boost, while energy, telecommunications and utilities are doing ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... this year, down from 6.1%-6.3%; inflation at 1.5%-1.7%, up from 1.5%-1.6%. And, last point... promise. Data released overnight show that while the PCE price index - the Fed's favoured measure of inflation - has advanced closer to the Fed's target (1.8% ...

But they said it was Iraq

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... finger-pointed for yesterday's sharp fall on Wall Street. Yes, Virginia there wasn't any mention of Iraq. Wall Street rebounded overnight despite continuing - nay, escalating -- tensions in Iraq (there done, Iraq mentioned) and reports that Ukrainian ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... Middle East. The market opened lower following a weak lead from Wall Street, despite strong US economic data released overnight. Consumer confidence in the US increased for the second straight month in June to its highest level since January 2008 and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
The share market has opened weaker following mixed leads overnight from overseas markets. China's best manufacturing activity data in six months helped spark gains in Australia on Monday and in base metals, but US stocks were flat while European markets ...

Good or bad, it's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
I had pancakes for breakfast. So was everyone else tuned in to overnight trading activity on Wall Street. The S&P 500 index closed flat -- ok, ok... an itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie minus 0.01% if one must be pedantic about it -- after declining by as much ...