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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
The Australian share market has opened slightly weaker after the loss of manufacturing jobs and mixed earnings reports impacted investor confidence. Australian shares did not follow strong leads from Wall Street as investors took their cues from local ...

Oh what a feelin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... escape Toyota's announcement that it would tailgate Ford and then Holden out of Australia and then... Australia's car manufacturing industry would be no more when 2017 turns into 2018. Yes, oh what a feeling! What a feeling indeed for me personally because ...

Subjected to interpretation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... Wall Street - that took most equity markets around the world with it - earlier this week because market saw the ISM manufacturing index as bad - it didn't meet their expectations, it dropped to 51.3 in January when they were expecting only a slight dip ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... What's an investor to do? Do what Wall Street did, that's what... sit on his hands and wait. More data. The ISM non-manufacturing index increased to a reading of 54.0 in January, up 1.0 from December's 53.0 reading and better than the 53.5 markets' expected. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... January rose to 52.9 points from 52.1 in December, the seventh monthly rise in a row. The rise was driven by the manufacturing sector while services remained subdued in comparison, at 51.6 points in January compared with 51 in December. This contrasted ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... Tuesday local stocks suffered their heaviest losses since August after nervous investors reacted to a sharp fall in US manufacturing activity growth. Options Xpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said while the Australian market had rebounded after Tuesday's ...

Mmm bargains, hmm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... building up in US factories and potentially confirms the slowing indicated in the previous day's disappointing ISM manufacturing index report. Having said that, it remains uncertain whether the US stats we looked at over the past few weeks and will be ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... on Tuesday suffered its heaviest one day loss since August, with spooked investors reacting to a sharp fall in US manufacturing activity growth. More than $28 billion was wiped from the market's value, as investors followed a negative lead from Wall ...

3D mutual fund launched in US

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... Meckler, the fund's senior portfolio manager said. 3D printing is expected to become an integral part of future manufacturing processes used in the automotive, aerospace, military/defence, dental, medical, bioprinting, fashion, footwear, jewelry, eyewear ...

I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... lower, the Nasdaq finished 2.6% in the red as fresh eco stats put a big question mark on the US recovery. The ISM manufacturing index fell to a reading of 51.3 in January - a razor sharp 5.2-point drop from December's 56.5 reading and the lowest level ...