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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
The Australian dollar was higher on Monday, as business indicators data for the December quarter increased market optimism ahead of GDP data due out this Wednesday. At 0700 AEDT on Monday, the local unit was trading at 101.41 US cents, up from 101.21 ...

Hitting a BRIC wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... - the most in almost two years -- against only US$928 million invested outside the US. A prudent move given recent indicators showing the economic recovery in the US and other developed economies is gaining momentum. Not to mention the rich valuation ...

Bad news bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... to come out of hibernation when headlines bad news abound and come all at the same time. It's easy to dismiss other indicators that over the months have substantially improved - the latest of which are the sharp improvement in both American and German ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... monetary tightening last week also weighed. There was little reaction to a G20 meeting in Paris that agreed on a set of indicators aimed at avoiding another global downturn. Hong Kong fell 0.47 per cent, or 109.82 points, to 23,485.42. Seoul shed 0.39 ...

Trouble not terribly troubling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... or heard - that word. No one's speaking about it now. The prophets of double dip have been silenced because recent indicators are showing that the global recovery is picking up speed. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently lifted its outlook ...

Wall Street does an Abbott

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011

Bunga bunga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... the US employment report released over the weekend. Not yet. But it'll get there. What with all the positive activity indicators we've witnessed so far? Jobs can't help but increase eventually. All cash up and gone a-buying. Companies have cash a-plenty ...

Cycling up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... may be too slow for comfort... but it's getting there. The positive signals we've seen from strengthening activity indicators -- ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing index, personal income and spending, motor vehicle sales, same store sales -consumer ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
ust as recent indicators point to a brightening outlook for the US economy, the haze appears to also be slowly dissipating in Europe. "Movin' on up, movin' on up. Movin' on up, movin on up." This tune by M People played in my head as I read Bloomberg's ...

That sinking feeling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010