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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... points, or 0.07 per cent, at 3,120.35. A dip in the Conference Board's US consumer confidence index, and the S&P-Case Shiller's report that home prices continued to fall in January, cast a slight cloud over trade. LONDON - European stock markets fell ...

Just do it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... IMF chief head. Good news for Europe, don't you think? There's also good news in America. The latest being the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index which showed home prices for its 10- and 20-City Composites increasing for the first time in 8 months in ...

Back to cactus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... Yale University economist Robert Schiller saying just that. According to the Wall Street Journal, "Noted economist Robert Shiller said Wednesday there was a "substantial" probability the U.S. could lurch again into recession." Shiller warned that "the ...

Rejoice for May has gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... sharply in May. The Conference Board's May consumer confidence index fell to its lowest level in six months. The S&P/Case Shiller home price index fell to its weakest level since March 2003 and posted its biggest year-on-year decline in March. Every ...

Any which way is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... upwardly revised 63.8 reading last month - more than expectations for a reading of 64.5. Never mind that the S&P/Case-Shiller property price index fell by 3.3 per cent in February, it was as markets expected anyway. Besides, last week's new and existing ...

We shall overcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... can't sell the home at the price at which they purchased it pre-GFC could be another factor dampening sentiment. The Case-Shiller home-price index fell by 3.1 per cent in the year to January - faster than the 2.4 per cent year-on-year rate in the previous ...

Danger everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... America, Will Robinson. Latest data show that home prices remained depressed - worse, they're falling again The S&P/Case-Shiller index fell by 0.8 per cent in September - the biggest monthly drop since April last year - with prices dropping in 18 out ...

Punting on next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that home prices fell by 2.4 per cent in the year to August. The S&P/Case-Shiller index showed property values rose by 1.7 per cent over the same period. And who cares about consumer confidence? The Conference ...

Usual uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... pre-conceived views of where the investment world is headed. There was good news on the US housing market last night. The S&P/Case-Shiller home price index rose by 1.3% in May -- the second straight monthly increase - following a 0.9 per cent rise in ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... pre-occupation with anything and everything scary. Incidentally, Bloomberg quoted data compiled by Yale University Professor Robert Shiller again last night, saying that the S&P 500 would need to sink another 27 per cent to reach the average P/E ratio ...