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Will stocks follow Fed exit to the exits?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... the exits only after it assesses that America's economic growth has become sustainable. The better-than-expected US retail sales report released overnight (and the bigger-than-forecasts addition to April payrolls) might have added credence to the view ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... greenback which surged on persistent speculation about a winding back of quantitative easing by Washington ahead of US retail sales data due later on Monday. Tokyo rose 1.20 per cent, or 174.67 points, to 14,782.21 as the US dollar briefly breached the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... 5,016.0 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower after two record-setting days, with sentiment dulled by poor US retail sales figures for March and more prospects of slow economic growth around the world. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished virtually ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... housing starts and continuing increases in building permits. Last week, we saw better-than-expected increases in US retail sales and industrial production. The week before, we got better-than-predicted jobs growth and a jump in the ISM non-manufacturing ...

The Celtic Tiger gets back its roar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... tomorrow - and break it the day after - given the strong tailwind provided by the hugely better-than-expected US retail sales report released last night. US retail spending jumped by 1.1% in February against expectations for a 0.5% increase. Even better ...

Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... since 1983 -- to 780,000 houses last year from 608,800 in 2011. This comes on the heels of better-than-expected US retail sales, car sales, ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing reports and a more upbeat Beige book. But it's not only the biggest economy ...

Market wrap late PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
Australian shares have opened marginally stronger as a recovery in US retail sales gave a boost to cautious investor sentiment. At 1017 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 22.9 points, or 0.51 per cent, at 4,506.3 points, while the ...

Jingling bells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... released over the past 24 hours. There's better-than-expected news from that which account for 70% of the US economy. US retail sales jumped by 1.1% in September following an equally strong 1.2% gain in the previous month (revised from up 0.9%). According ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... suggested that prospects for core eurozone countries were slightly better than expected. A 0.8 per cent rise in July US retail sales also helped boost sentiment, with Wall Street trading on the plus side in midday action as well. In London, the FTSE ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... to see further confirmation that things are improving or otherwise." Investors would closely watch for upcoming US retail sales data. Positive figures, following the recent US employment growth, would boost confidence, he said. As the Australian earnings ...