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CMC taps pattern recognition for traders

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... and emerging patterns over short or medium time frames and ranks the quality of the chart signals based on technical indicators such as moving averages. "One of the biggest benefits of the software is it allows traders to scan a wide variety of markets ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... reported on the up and up. So how do we reconcile still America's still soft labour market with strengthening growth indicators? Simple. The unemployment rate is a lagging indicator of the economy (according to my observation, it lags the economy by ...

ASX200 to hit 5,600: forecast

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... A rise to these levels would push the index into territory not seen since the months prior to the GFC. "A number of indicators globally suggest a sustained recovery is well underway, albeit uneven by region and sector... 2011 will be a year whereby the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... Association (HIA) issues new home sales data for October, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases business indicators for the September quarter. In equities news, the case continues in the Federal Court in Perth between the Australian ...

Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... Certainly some things still have to be righted in America - such as their housing and labour markets - but other activity indicators have been improving. Profits continue to expand. The third quarter saw around 80 per cent if US companies beat profit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... cent on fresh concerns over European sovereign debt and China's fiscal tightening on a day with few domestic economic indicators. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 54.4 points, or 1.17 per cent, to 4,589.1, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell ...

Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... beginning to add up in the world's biggest economy. Let me count the ways: The Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators rose by 0.5 per cent in October - the fourth consecutive monthly gain - following a similar 0.5 per cent increase in ...

Whac-a-mole 2.0

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... of the year as the European debt issue died down, so too will risk appetites return. And with recent growth-friendly indicators streaming out of America, further weaknesses should be taken as opportunities to add to wealth portfolios.

QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... monitoring by the FOMC. If the recent weakness in the dollar, run-up in commodity prices, and other forward-looking indicators are sustained and passed along into final prices, the Fed's price stability objective might no longer be a compelling policy ...

Bad news is good news is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... Worse-ser, private sector jobs grew by only 64,000, less than expectations for a gain of 75,000. Worse-sest. Leading jobs indicators of employment signal slim prospects of employment picking up in a hurry. The average workweek for all workers showed ...