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Independence Day for the US economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
It was short, but oh so sweeet! Short was last night's trading activity in the New York Stock Exchange - 3.5 hours instead of 6.5 hours -- and we all know what the sweeet was - the Dow gatecrashed through 17K to a new record, the S&P 500 rose to new ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street where both the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 reached record highs for a third straight session. At 0645 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after both the Dow Jones and the S& P 500 reached record highs for the second session in a row, buoyed by good jobs figures. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
A rebound in the local banking sector has helped the Australian share market to open higher, after Wall Street stocks surged to new records. Strong Chinese manufacturing figures and surprisingly good US car sales pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

So good but for the wrong spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... hallelujah too, Virginia, when you look at what happened on 'The Street' last night. Wall Street went on a tear, sending the Dow (up 0.8%), the S&P 500 (up 0.7%) and the Russell 2000 (up 1.1%) indices up, up and away to new record highs. The Nasdaq closed ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street stocks barrelled to new records, following strong US car sales and Chinese manufacturing data. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 19 points ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
The share market is slightly lower as investors wait for more signs on the economy's health. Investors have shrugged off strong leads from the US to take profits as the 2013-14 financial year comes to an end, CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
Jumpin' Jiminy Cricket Batman! The US Federal Reserve will begin to lift interest rates soon - that is, sooner than everyone in the planet expects. Bullard of bull (dropping?). Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said so in his ...

But they said it was Iraq

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
I clicked, and I clicked, and I clicked but I can't find no... no, no, no... no mention of that which was finger-pointed for yesterday's sharp fall on Wall Street. Yes, Virginia there wasn't any mention of Iraq. Wall Street rebounded overnight despite ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after solid gains on Wall Street with the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaching a fresh high. At 0803 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,390. The Dow  ...