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Is it safe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... economic stats and surveys show nothing has changed much in Uncle Sam's country - housing continues to improve, manufacturing is weak, the labour market is strengthening (but at turtle speed) and inflation is below the Fed's target. Is it safe? Ben Bernanke ...

The great unwind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... China is reportedly "punishing" its banks by letting interest rates soar there at the same time that its PMI shows manufacturing contracting. Bloomberg reports that "The seven-day repurchase rate rose 2.70 percentage points to 10.77 percent in Shanghai ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... its worst loss in a day since February amid jitters over the US stimulus measures and weaker-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data. The major ASX 200 and All Ordinaries index closed more than two per cent down. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down ...

The death of QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... their brains. Last night's batch of releases indicates that the outlook for the US economy remains foggy. ISM non-manufacturing index came in better than expected but factory orders disappointed. However, the more important labour market stat - the ADP ...

Legg Mason $100m mandates add to IOOF value approach

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... dealer groups for tailored solutions. "It's much easier for global players like ourselves, with established product manufacturing capabilities, to build portfolios for a specific need," Pesutto said.

It'll be on 18 September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... a second consecutive month in May, by 98,265 - the biggest ever decline. This good news comes on top of Spain's manufacturing PMI jumping to a two-year high in the same month. Not just that, Bloomberg also reports that in March, "Spain registered its ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... to 22,285.52 while in Shanghai shares fell 1.17 per cent, or 26.83 points to 2,272.42 after an HSBC survey showed manufacturing activity in the world's No.2 economy shrank in May. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 37.57 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 4 ...

RBA decisions decisions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... eco or survey release strong, equals taper on. Wall Street ended higher last night because......of bad stats: ISM manufacturing index disappointed and fell into contraction territory (49.0 points) in May; construction spending increased by 0.4% in April ...

More flip flopping ahead for Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... flopping on Wall Street this first trading week of June, particularly with first-tier economic data and surveys - ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices and non-farm payrolls -- set for release. You know the drill: better-than-expected outcome ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... share market is set to open significantly lower after heavy falls on Wall Street on Friday night. But encouraging manufacturing data out of China on the weekend could provide a boost for mining stocks. At 0735 AEST on Monday, the June share price index ...