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Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... "experts" try their hardest to scare the 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 ...

Contra confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... expectations component did not do any better, down 9.2 points to 60.6. This is indeed an ugly reading for US consumer confidence. But only if it persists and we see the index continuing to fall in the next few months. The historical evidence doesn't ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... US corporate results, adding to fears the recovery from recession is stalling. News of a sharp fall in US consumer confidence then added to concerns that consumption is tailing off after last year's massive stimulus package, leaving the recovery at risk ...

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... were they when investors were hiding under their beds, quivering that the world is going to end because US consumer confidence had fallen sharply... because employment is not growing fast enough? Where the bloody hell were they? But I discovered that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... the health of the global recovery in the face of disappointing US data, notably a surprising erosion in US consumer confidence. A report on Friday that the US economy had lost jobs in June for the first time this year added further tension. A fall in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... shares fell 10.77 points or 1.26 per cent to 841.42. Tokyo stocks fell sharply from the outset on weak US consumer confidence and fears of a slowdown in the Chinese economy, brokers said. The Nikkei business daily reported that sales at major retailers ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... 4,257, on volume of 16,875 contracts. Wall Street and European markets suffered heavy falls overnight as US consumer confidence fell for the first time in four months. That data added to the negative impact of a downward revision of China's economic ...

EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... in the previous month. But wait! Wasn't it only four days ago that we received news of a strong jump in US consumer confidence? The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer sentiment rose to 76 in June -- its highest level since ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... April Leading Economic Indicator for China to 0.3 per cent from 1.7 per cent. The board then announced that US consumer confidence had tumbled in June after three consecutive monthly rises amid increasing US economic uncertainty and unemployment concerns. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... per cent, to end at 9,879.85. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares closed higher as dealers welcomed an upbeat US consumer confidence survey that boosted optimism for the world's biggest economy. The benchmark Hang Seng Index jumped 179.53 points, or 0.9 per ...