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USA is going A-OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... University of Michigan's consumer confidence measure too. Consumer are shopping. The Thomson Reuters same store sales index of 28 companies grew by 4.2 per cent in January beating expectations for a 2.7 per cent rise. And what about jobs? Overnight news ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... Thursday as the ECB kept interest rates on hold, better-than-expected US data and ongoing unrest in Egypt. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares dipped 0.28 per cent to 5,983.34 points, and in Paris the CAC 40 dropped 0.74 per cent to 4,036.59 points. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... December quarter. National Australia Bank delivers its monthly business survey for December. The RBA also issues its index of commodity prices for January. In equities news, public examinations of the failure of Octaviar, formerly MFS, continue in Sydney. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... conducts a tender process for the issue of $500 million of April 2020 bonds, and the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its index of commodity prices for November. In equities news, OrotonGroup Ltd and TPG Telecom Ltd hold annual general meetings. On ...

Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... third quarter saw around 80 per cent if US companies beat profit expectations. Forward indicators such as the leading index of economic indicators, the ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices and the yield curve point to continued improvement. ...

Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... these, things are also beginning to add up in the world's biggest economy. Let me count the ways: The Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators rose by 0.5 per cent in October - the fourth consecutive monthly gain - following a similar ...

Median Australian shares fund down: Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... shows. The median of the Mercer Australian Shares survey for the year was 4.2 per cent, as compared to the S&P/ASX 300 Index of 4.7 per cent. Rounding out the top five best performing funds for the year to October were: 1. Schroder Australian Equity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... contract was 17 points higher at 4,664 points. In economics news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases its index of commodity prices for October, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) issues House Price Indexes in the Eight Capital ...

Punting on next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... property values rose by 1.7 per cent over the same period. And who cares about consumer confidence? The Conference Board's index of consumer confidence index increased to 50.2 in October - more than market expectations for a 49.9 print - from 48.6 in ...

Bad, bad day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... with financial markets - it's either too hot or too cold. There were some bad news bears in Europe too. Germany's ZEW index of economic sentiment declined for the sixth straight month to a one-year low in October. The index of consumer sentiment fell ...