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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... offshore trading on Friday night, boosted by assurances from US Federal Reserve on its preparedness to stimulate the US economy. All key indices were higher, as were the main commodities. At 0715 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share ...

Glum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... predicament - any predicament - exclaims, "We'll never make it! We're doomed!" So it is with Wall Street and its view of the US economy these past few days. Pessimism has taken the Dow back down below 10,000 while we slept. And to think that only four ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... after United States markets fell in the wake of disappointing housing data and more concerns about the recovery in the US economy. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 37.6 points, or 0.85 per cent, at 4,380.8, while the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... profit results failed to impress investors on the eve of the federal election and amid heightened concerns about the US economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended down 48.1 points, or 1.07 per cent, at 4,430.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Something for everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... 1.4 per cent lower while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq both lost 1.7 per cent. Why? Because the positive outlook on the US economy that prevailed over the past three days no longer holds. Fresh data releases overnight say it is again headed for a double ...

Nightmare on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... Ok, ok. I agree this was bad. But for anyone to infer that one single week's number provide more evidence that the US economy is slowing may be stretching the rubber band too far. It'll ultimately snap and hit you in the nose. The jobless claims figures ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... drive the market following negative leads from offshore overnight, with investors concerned on bleak signs for the US economy. "The FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) announcements on Monday night were quite disturbing for the market," Mr McCarthy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... New York - Stocks and interest rates tumbled on Wednesday as investors around the world took a bleaker view of the US economy. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 265 points, its biggest drop in six weeks, and all the major indices fell more than two ...

Bending it like Bernanke

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... 5 per cent (the same rate of growth during the boom years of 2003-2006). Admittedly, it's housing that remains the US economy's sticking point. It's definitely slowing again after the homebuyers tax credit expired. This will now get a boost from lower ...

Good newer news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
... Hey ain't this a Generation Now argument? I want 150,000 jobs or more monthly, and I want it now!!! Admittedly, the US economy is making turtle-paced progress on job creation. But it has to start somewhere and... it is making progress. To paraphrase ...