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More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... economy before you overheat," was the consensus advice to China. Despite the renewed threat to their wealth, US consumer confidence is rising. More positive indicators were reported just last night. The ISM manufacturing index might have slipped to 59.7 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... hoped last week's EU-IMF contingency debt relief plan for Athens would take the pressure off. Positive US consumer confidence and house price data buoyed market confidence in early trade, but this was not enough to dispel concerns over Greece. In London ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... the second straight month. But momentum was constrained by a report from the University of Michigan that US consumer confidence had fallen this month. In London, the FTSE 100 index added 8.39 points, or 0.15 per cent, to close at 5,625.65. FRANKFURT ...

Data data everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... last week. This is hardly surprising given the mixed indications provided by latest US data. Bad data. US consumer confidence - as measured by the Commerce Department - dropped big time in February. US property market still in thick in the woods. New ...

Positive spin to bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... that's if you're watching the daily ups and downs. Yesterday Wall Street shed around 1 per cent "because" US consumer confidence in February dropped by more than expected to its lowest reading in 10 months. Borrowing from Croc Dundee, "you call that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... shares closed down 1.48 per cent, tracking losses on Wall Street the previous night on a weak reading of US consumer confidence, with the strong yen weighing on exporters. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index dropped 153.27 points to ...

Sentiment stirs bad mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... season. And so on and so forth and etcetera. One thing I know, it would take more than one month's tumble in US consumer confidence to shake my confidence.

Stimulexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... workers lost their jobs last year. Jobless claims have again risen. And financial markets were surprised that US consumer confidence and retail spending didn't print as they expected? And this is what's confusing the markets at this point in time: The ...

Mickey money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... better-than-expected earnings. Thanks to Disney and its friends, Wall Street quickly dismissed reports that US consumer confidence dropped to 66.0 in November against 50.6 in the previous month and expectations for a rise to 71.0. They also distracted ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... closed higher on Friday in line with a positive opening on Wall Street and despite news of a sharp fall in US consumer confidence. Market sentiment received a boost from a report showing that the European Union finally emerged from recession in the third ...