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Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... sinkhole that swallowed a three storey building in Guatemala. More important, it would signal to the world that the US recovery is gathering momentum -- it's not going to turn its V into a W - offering a positive counterbalance to the ongoing debt crisis ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... growth forecast for this year to about 4.75 per cent after a shrinkage of 0.9 per cent in 2009. Data also showed the US recovery firming, with an unexpected rise in sales of new homes and new orders for big-ticket US manufactured goods in April. At the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... high, with traders concerned that Greece's economic problems will hurt other European countries and ultimately, the US recovery. Only 173 stocks rose on the New York Stock Exchange while 3,002 fell. Volume came to an extremely heavy 2.57 billion shares. ...

Perennial eyes US recovery for next returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
Perennial Value Management is cutting its exposure to Australian dollar-exposed stocks opting to invest heavily in companies that will benefit from the recovery of the greenback. John Murray, managing director at Perennial Value Management, who celebrates ...

Trader's market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... Street jumped! But has the economic world really changed that much from yesterday? Big Ben already admitted that the US recovery is still "nascent". It was nascent yesterday, it's still nascent today, it'll be nascent tomorrow - no, not the figurative ...

Miranda Kerr and the market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... last year could be stalling. Not good for America's labour market. Not good for beefing up the case for a sustainable US recovery. The US non-farm payrolls report for January is set for release tomorrow. No doubt, everyone and his uncle are gnawing at ...

RARE eyes Indian and Mexican assets

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... regulatory framework to boost infrastructure investment, while Mexico could be a winner of 2010 "if you believe the US recovery story", she said. Upping the stakes in India and Mexico are two of several strategies Shaw will put in place to continue the ...

Bonds need a double dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... gathered pace. But as 2009 became 2010, investors seemed not too sure. Suddenly investors are not so sure that the US recovery would turn into sustainable growth. Suddenly investors are concerned that America could double dip into a recession should ...

Stimulexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... trillion. Just mentioning the number gives me a fit of vertigo. With Damocles' sword still hanging over the head of the US recovery, the typical response would be to spend, spend... and spend some more. Recent data out of the US supports this. The unemployment ...

Low rates to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... to jump - rejoice that jobs (the sole variable that has put a question mark over the strength/continuation of the US recovery) is beginning to show signs of a significant improvement, or worry that the Fed would take the punch bowl away early. So heeeeeere's ...