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What's luck got to do with it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

Spend, spend, spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... didn't, but just in case you missed it, the All Ordinaries index has now reached its highest level since June 2008. The All Ords closed at 5,321 points yesterday, taking its overall gain this year to date up to 14.7% (18.6% including dividends). The ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... and houses) and increase "demand for finance by households" (mainly for financing purchases of stocks and houses). The All Ords index has risen by 18.1% in the 12 months to August while according to RP Data-Rismark, home prices across Australia's eight ...

Is that a fiscal stimulus I smell?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... you didn't fail to notice (sorry for the double negative) the Australian stock market's sharp shoot up yesterday. The All Ords jumped by 2.6% for its best gain since October 2011. What the? Is China growing strongly again? Is the credit crunch there ...

The others

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Kequiang. Australians appear more concerned about China's slowing than China itself. The All Ords closed down 1.8% yesterday after news broke that China's official and unofficial (HSBC measure) PMI indices both fell ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... another May to sell and go away. Not that we did any better. Australia's May first performance didn't do any better - the All Ords fell. So did the Nikkei and the Shanghai Composite. Yes, Virginia, those nasty sprinkles started in our time zone. Never ...

Temper, temper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... weeks into the new year and stock markets are up: S&P 500, up 6.6%; Nikkei 225, up 7.5%; Shanghai Composite, up 7.2%; All Ords, up 8.4%; even a deeper than expected recession in the Eurozone couldn't stop its benchmark index, the DJ/Euro Stoxx index ...

All Ords at 5000 overvalued but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... barrel, we've got the blues on the run..." -- Beer Barrel Polka by Vejvoda and IngriA! Roll out the barrel cause the All Ords' on a run. Roll out the barrel, it's broken five thousand! It's got a feel good factor in it, 'ey? The All Ordinaries Index ...

Time to fear?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... "Ugliest' of times ahead." But those who became greedy in 2012 were handsomely rewarded. The S&P 500 gained 13.4%, the All Ords rose by 13.5%, the DJ Euro Stoxx by 15.5%, the Nikkei-225 by 22.9% and even the Shanghai Composite Index notched a still positive ...

RBA says its ok

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... uptrend has accelerated since the Australian central bank handed its first interest rate cut back in May this year. The All Ords posted a 10.3% appreciation in the year to the end of October -- a significant improvement from the 0.6% gained in the first ...