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Next stop: US payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... it's May and many just went away. Perhaps. Perhaps. Perhaps. Perhaps, markets are just battening down the hatches in case tonight's US non-farm payrolls report springs a nasty surprise. "Tomorrow's report would have to be a monster month for us to believe ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... that announcement, Quay Equities head of trading Tristan K'Nell said "Given the strength of this morning and the events tonight, I think the afternoon session will see a little selling with investors not likely to be prepared to make too many big moves," ...

Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... candlestick maker (and their dogs and cats) have already pencilled in the European Central Bank's (ECB) QE announcement tonight, it still has the potential to surprise. There are lotta lotta moving parts. How much? Estimates range from a,-500 billion ...

Seesaw on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... to make policy based on emerging-market volatility alone". I even warned back then that whatever the Fed decides to do tonight - September 2013 FOMC meeting -- will have global implications" and would come back to haunt Uncle Sam and sarcastically remarked ...

Now where have I heard that before?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... time, the bad news will stick. It's October after all - you know, the time of the month when big crashes occur. And oh, tonight we'll also be having a total eclipse of the moon. But we've down this 2014 road before. January 24 - S&P 500 down by 2.1% ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... flat as investors weighed the ECB news against upbeat expectations for September US employment figures due to me released tonight. CommSec market analyst Steven Daghlian said the local market was off to a slightly weak start, with resources stocks again ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... interest rates anytime soon. In fact, the ECB is set to announce the details of its recent policy easing measures later tonight. ECB president Mario Draghi only last night reiterated his pledge "...to deliver our most important commitment, which is to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... cents to $32.31. Investors were waiting for the RBA to release minutes of its monthly board meeting at 1130 AEST, and tonight's US Federal Open Market Committee meeting. On Wall Street overnight, the Dow Jones industrial average climbed 0.26 of a per ...

Punishing Putin (harder)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... announce the Fed's continued benevolence towards you, I and Irene after the conclusion of the FOMC's two-day meeting later tonight. Putin knows it. In fact, on 17 July -- fresh from attending the negotiations and eventual launched of the BRICS' "New ...

Run with bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... considerable time after the asset purchase program ends."... when she testifies before the US Senate Banking Committee tonight and the House Financial Services Committee tomorrow night. But before that, we've already heard ECB President Mario Draghi's ...