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Numero Dos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... per cent is an annualised rate. This means that Japan's economy barely grew in the three months to June. According to Bloomberg, parliamentary secretary at Japan's Cabinet Office Keisuke Tsumura admitted to reporters that because of the disappointing ...

Torturing the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... sales maybe up 5.5 per cent in the year to July but it remains 4.1 per cent below the July 2008 peak. Bad isn't it? But Bloomberg reports that, "July is typically the slowest month of the third quarter for retailers as they clear out summer merchandise ...

Nightmare on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... concerns about the global economic outlook." -- Australian Financial Review Finally, we won't be scared enough without Bloomberg delivering the final verdict: "More Americans than forecast filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, showing ...

Bending it like Bernanke

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... bond yields which is falling because the Fed will start buying. Speaking of housing, a new gimmick has come to America. Bloomberg reports that homebuyers are engaging in what real estate professionals call "buy and bail." Americans are "buying" houses ...

Not a jobless double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... second quarter earnings results. Nearly 80 per cent of those that reported so far topped earnings forecasts according to Bloomberg. They may not be prepared to add more heads to their payroll but they're now working their workers harder (increase in ...

Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... in ecstasy So don't stop me now don't stop me 'Cause I'm having a good time having a good time." -Queen According to Bloomberg, "The MSCI gauge of 24 developed nations jumped 2.4 percent to its highest level since May 13 and the Standard & Poor's 500 ...

Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... the earnings results reported by Mobil, Southwest Airlines and Avon. The bottom line on the bottomlines? According to Bloomberg, "About 70 percent of companies in the MSCI World Index have reported better-than-projected profit so far in the second-quarter ...

Seven US banks close in a week

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... Kingstree, SC, Crescent Bank and Trust Company, Jasper, GA and Sterling Bank, Lantana, FL. According to an article from Bloomberg, the closures of the seven banks make 2010 the second year in a row that saw at least 100 lenders collapse following the ...

Stress test stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... maturity are excluded. Now you see what's wrong here, don't you? That's outright cheating if you ask me. Consider this: Bloomberg cites a report from Morgan Stanley saying that European "lenders hold about 90 per cent of their Greek government bonds ...

Wall Street takes a dive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... Apple -- among others -- topped market expectations for both bottom line and top line earnings for the second quarter. Bloomberg reckons that 83 per cent of the companies that have reported so far beat estimates. Yes they beat analysts' estimates. Stock ...