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Double boo boo on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
... double boo boo on Wall Street should cast those doubts aside. The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) released its manufacturing index for May last night. Markets expected a reading of 55.5 - up from April's 54.9. ISM manufacturing index printed at ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
The Australian share market is set to open higher after a solid report on US manufacturing activity lifted Wall Street to new record highs. At 0700 AEST on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was six points higher at 5,532. In economic ...

IOOF and SFGA union rattles top ranks

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... "Can they be called independent? I'm not sure," Prendeville said, and added: "they don't have the same level of manufacturing than big institutions, so I guess they're more independent than banks." This story first appeared in the June 2 issue of Financial ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... first hour of trade as investors focused on ongoing weakness in iron ore prices and better-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data. "It will most likely be a cautious Monday," Bell Potter Securities senior adviser Stuart Smith said. "There seems to ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... Melbourne Institute release their inflation gauge for May, and the Australian Industry Group releases its performance of manufacturing index for May. The Reserve Bank of Australia will also publish its index of commodity prices for May. The market on ...

So bad it's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... related contraction in the first quarter: April durable goods orders came in better than expected; Richmond Fed manufacturing survey reversed sign from minus 7 in March to plus 7 in April; the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city house price index came in more than ...

In with the old, out with the new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... 1.2%. US releases of the day were positive: April durable goods orders came in better than expected; Richmond Fed manufacturing survey reversed sign from minus 7 in March to plus 7 in April; the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city house price index came in more ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... 1.2%. US releases of the day were positive: April durable goods orders came in better than expected; Richmond Fed manufacturing survey reversed sign from minus 7 in March to plus 7 in April; the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city house price index came in more ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... billion ($A7.17 billion). Shares extended their gains seen Thursday in response to a sharp improvement in Chinese manufacturing activity and positive comments about interest rates from the US Federal Reserve. Chinese stocks ended up on Friday on selective ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said investors were feeling positive on the back of mostly encouraging manufacturing data out of the US and Europe, the better-than-expected manufacturing figures out of China on Thursday, and the fact that iron ...