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The good in the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... level away from pandemic. As far as Wall Street is concerned, their bacon is fried. And all this amid news that the US economy sank deeper into the recessionary hole in the first quarter of this year. The US Commerce Department's first estimate of US ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... 0.27 per cent, to 3661.9. NEW YORK - Wall Street rallied as investors saw seeds of recovery in a weak report on the US economy and were encouraged by a Federal Reserve statement that the pace of contraction was easing. The Commerce Department's first ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... on Friday as sentiment was boosted by Ford's narrower-than-expected loss, combined with data suggesting the ailing US economy may have found a bottom. Ford posted a loss of $US1.4 billion in the first quarter, not as bad as expected by analysts. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... to 3,695.8. NEW YORK - About halfway through first-quarter earnings reports, Wall Street still isn't sure where the US economy is headed. The Dow Jones industrials are closing with a gain of about 71 points, or 0.9 per cent, but only after another shaky ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... Austock Securities, Michael Heffernan, said it was a strong performance from the market, amid gloomy predictions for the US economy released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). "It has been a very strong performance despite the doomsday odds acting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... shares posted solid gains as investors cheered a strong performance on Wall Street driven by some good news in the US economy and banking sector. The Nikkei-225 climbed 152.32 points, or 1.74 per cent, to end at 8,907.58. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang ...

She'll be right mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... took the US unemployment rate to a 25-year high of 8.5 per cent. Jobs and employment are lagging indicators and the US economy appears to have already reached an inflection point given the release of some positive indicators over the past two weeks. ...

Make love not leverage

... And no, it wasn't because the G20 leaders are talking the talk. It is because of yet more signals that the comatose US economy is beginning to stir. The ISM manufacturing survey unexpectedly rose to 36.3 in March. Although still below the 50 expansion/contraction ...

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... you won't even notice it. Wall Street was shown the light last night, and it was good. For the light said to it, the US economy is improving at the margin. US durable goods orders ex-transport - a leading indicator of industrial production -- rose by ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... mixed on Tuesday with London falling 11.21 points, or 0.29 per cent, to 3,900.25 amid some signs of optimism on the US economy. FRANKFURT - The Dax rose 35.93 points, or 0.66 per cent, to 4,223.29. PARIS - The CAC-40 was up 19.06, or 0.66 per cent, at ...