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QE3 will be different

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... know as QE3, could be different from the first two rounds due to a stronger global economy and improvements within the US housing market, Fidelity said. According to Core Logic the level of negative equity continues to improve with more than $1.3 million ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... WHSP was down one cent at $12.84. Wall Street closed higher overnight, boosted by the stimulus in Japan and positive US housing data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1 per cent, the S&P500 advanced 0.12 per cent and the NASDAQ gained 0.15 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... Apple held above the $700 line, adding 0.03 per cent at $702.10. LONDON - European stocks have closed higher, lifted by US housing data and Japan's extra economic stimulus following similar moves from the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. ...

Income-seeking investors returning to secured credit

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... history of some secured credit investments. He reminds investors that during the GFC - spurred by the bursting of the US housing bubble and liquidity squeeze - over 75% of investors in asset-backed securities were highly leveraged - with no requirement ...

Playing with a loaded dice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... the S&P 500 that reported so far this quarter..." No one also failed to mention to no one that a renewed slump in the US housing market just adds another point to those expecting Uncle Ben to say those magic letters - Q and E. This didn't make the headlines ...

The twain could not meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... manufacturing activity, an increase in retail sales and an improvement in employment levels. Better, last night's update on the US housing market suggests that America could be getting over its summer lull. Housing, after all, has a large multiplier ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... its 2012 global growth prediction. My, oh, my! While we're on the subject of predictions, the guy who predicted the US housing crisis and the corresponding stock market crash is making news again. Who else? Nouriel Roubini, of course! He twittered, "...2013 ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... you believe that last night's reversal of fortune on Wall Street was really, truly because of "improved data on the US housing market" as the Australian Financial Review puts it or "as Home Data Tempers Economic Concern," as per Bloomberg, please stop! ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... index of pending home sales dropped by 5.5% in April after rising by 3.8% the month before. Interpretation? Woe is the US housing market. If this doesn't make you cry "what the?" I don't know what will. For only yesterday, Wall Street surge "reportedly" ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... after recent sharp losses, on hopes that EU leaders will firm up action on tackling the eurozone debt crisis and solid US housing data. At close, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies gained 1.86 per cent to 5403.28 points, while Frankfurt's ...