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The "old economy" that is Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... from January 1999 - the time when the Nasdaq in rally mode but before the rally went exponential - you'll see that the All Ords has appreciated by 110.9% to date. This compares with the S&P 500 index's 73.1% gain and the Dow's 97.1% -- and they had a ...

Stirred but not shaken

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... orders? Or, not enough buy-ops. Equity markets closed down, a bit, - the S&P 500 closed down by an eye-watering 0.4%; the All Ords by 1.2%; and in Europe (the epicentre of the Greek tragi-comedy), the Stoxx 600 "plunged" by 1.2% and the FTSE-100 was ...

D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... meaning to that aged-old "sell in May..." adage, 'ey? Those who did and went away, avoided the 6.2% loss registered by the All Ords from the end of April to yesterday. To be sure, there could be more losses along the way. The Greek crisis remains fluid ...

No downing the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... to please yourself"... and he was. But it wasn't only Joe, himself, that was pleased... the stock market was too - the All Ords index rose by 0.7% (and this, on the back of a negative lead from America and Europe) - led by consumer staples (up 1.7%) ...

Another cut's in the mail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... March Board meeting reversed the Australian equity market's sharp uptrend that started in the middle of January. The All Ords dropped from a high of 5,926.3 points a day before the RBA meeting to a low of 5,763.3 points six trading days later - as the ...

Beauty in(foreign) beholders' eyes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... the Dow's 0.9% gain; the FTSE-100's 4.9% advance and the Nikkei-225's 4.7% climb. 'twas different last year when the All Ords brought up the rear (except for the FTSE-100 - down 2.7%). 'twas time when you, I and Irene and the RBA were more hopeful over ...

Hot property on notice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... profitable alternative investments to invest in. So far investors bet on property continue to pay off - relative to the All Ords which has increased oh, about around 2.8% (7.2% including dividends) over the past year. Similarly, banks are finding lending ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... 600 drooped by 0.5%, the FTSE-100 declined by 0.9% -- investors might just be waiting for the opening bell to take the All Ords down to the 5,353.08 points it opened this year at... and then some. Yes, I feel you Virginia. Go ahead, spit that dummy for ...

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... 1.9% (to 6-year highs); the FTSE-100 up 1.0%; the Nikkei-225 index up 2.3%; the Shanghai Composite up 0.6%. Even the All Ords got over the line with a small yet still positive 0.1% up. All's well. There's no fear in the market. Just ask the VIX index ...

In praise of the gloom and doomers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014