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Slippery - watch your step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... have picked this looking at the economic scorecard and industrial activity data in the world's biggest economies. The US economy contracted by 2.5 per cent in the year to the March quarter; Japan's has shrunk by 9.1 per cent; the Eurozone's and the UK ...

Happy Americans, happy world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... 31st consecutive monthly decline - and by 18.7 per cent from a year ago. This indeed paints a gloomy picture of the US economy. But wait! Look at the date...the housing price figures are for March - almost three months has passed since then. Other timely ...

Acronyms pull down USD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... Federal Reserve first announced that it would go on a long-term Treasury shopping spree. While this is good for the US economy because it would make its exports more competitive, it is the world that needs the US to come and purchase their produce. Print ...

Bull market on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... - a positive for the economy. This is because historically - and I looked at 50 years worth - turning points in the US economy coincides with turning points in initial jobless claims. What is also encouraging from Wall Street's performance last night ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... per cent on Thursday to hit a two-week closing low as exporters slid on a firmer yen and renewed concerns about the US economy, while Nikon Corp tumbled after it forecast its first annual operating loss in eleven years. The benchmark Nikkei fell 246.76 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... Australian share market was more than two and a half per cent lower at noon, with concerns about the stability of the US economy dragging the market down. At 1200 AEST, the S&P/ASX200 index slumped 110.4 points lower, or by 2.86 per cent, at 3745.7 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... market is expected to open weaker after Wall Street fell as a gloomy retail sales report renewed concerns about the US economy. At 0710 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 86 points lower at 3,754. In economic ...

Beware the Budgets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... Unfortunately we only have history to guide us with this. No one could deny that the worst economic contraction in the US economy happened during the Great Depression. At the same time, there is little debate that what we are experiencing now is a deep ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... 877.52. LONDON - London's FTSE 100 index slipped 0.01 per cent on Friday as US stocks wobbled after mixed data on the US economy, while other European stock markets remained closed for the May Day holiday. The FTSE 100 index fell 0.49 points to 4,243.22 ...

Precious metals ETCs in vogue

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... Australian investors through ordinary brokerage accounts. "Investors are still troubled by the sharp slowdown in the US economy and faltering financial system, leading to a surge in demand for secure assets to protect against financial and economic dislocation. ...