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Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... markets. When confidence takes a hit - as we've seen in last week's US consumer confidence survey and last night's homebuilder's confidence survey - because of their dire predictions, they jump on top of each other proclaiming their prescience. Other ...

Waiting to see

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
It was another ho-hum moment on Wall Street overnight. The Dow went down less than 1 per cent, then up less than 1 per cent, then closed 0.1 per cent higher. The same goes for the S&P 500 index... well, almost. It went down less than 1 per cent, up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... troubling possibility that other weak European economies such as Portugal may also need to be bailed out. Investors sent homebuilder stocks higher after the National Association of Realtors said sales of existing homes rose 6.8 per cent last month after ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... point gain in over a month, on a better-than-expected profit report from home improvement chain Lowe's, an uptick in homebuilder sentiment and positive comments from analysts about US banks.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained on better homebuilder sentiment and positive comments about banks from analysts. Oil and industrial metals also gained overnight, suggesting energy and mining stocks will ...

Vantage point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
Depending on your vantage point, you would find that the global economy is on the mend or the global economy is still wallowing from its debt-inflicted pain. Wall Street sat where everything seems to be turning up roses. The Dow and the S&P 500 rose ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... or 2.91 per cent, to 3,393.4. NEW YORK - Investors restarted Wall Street's rally on Tuesday, buying financial and homebuilder stocks following a surprisingly upbeat report on home construction. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 178.73 points, or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher, after healthy gains in securities on Wall Street, and oil, silver and copper rose in overnight trading. At 0808 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 46 points higher ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... Tuesday, Toll Brothers Inc posted a sharp drop in revenue and said it was too difficult to predict what the luxury homebuilder's profit would be next year. Investors are also jittery as the nation's automakers try to get a bailout from the government. ...

More worries for US financials

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... for bankruptcy protection. Investor sentiment was also dampened by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) homebuilder confidence survey that showed US builder confidence remained at a record low of 16 in August. Housing news out of the UK was ...