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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... international bourses lost ground amid concerns over China's economy following a warning on dropping iron ore demand and on new US housing data. At 0815 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was down nine points at 4,275. In ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... the markets managed to come off their lows in the afternoon as Wall Street picked up after a weak start on positive US housing sales figures. In London the benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading companies closed down 0.33 per cent at 5,915.55 points. In ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... 'Age of Austerity'. The same way investors who do not have one or several of their fingers dipped into the pies of the US housing market, CDOs and other structured products were considered so, so stupid back in the day. Shhh...

US housing market needs renovation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
Until the US housing market starts to right itself it's unlikely US consumers are going to gain too much confidence and without confidence the chance of economic recovery will remain a forlorn dream. House prices are still down 32% from their 2006 peak ...

On the verge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... baby. It's also not data showing another big drop in US existing home sales, down 3.5% in July. We already know that US housing remains in the cactus basket. What got my attention - perhaps, even shivers on my skin - is the freefall in the Philadelphia ...

Big Benny and little Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... its unemployment forecast for this year and lowered its economic growth projections. There's also nothing new in the US housing sector - it's still depressed. In fact, the 2.1 per cent fall in new home sales in May were just as markets expected. So where ...

VIX says no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... lower than market expectations for a drop to only 420,000. Talk about clutching at straws! The other 'good' report. US housing starts rose by 3.5 per cent to an annual pace of 560,000 units, beating expectations for a gain to 540,000. Also, building ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... European stock markets closed firmer, recovering some ground lost the previous day as investors welcomed modestly positive US housing and European confidence data. Dealers said the slight technical rebound was unconvincing, with persistent concerns about ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... falling housing prices are basic and clear signs of economic recession." I agree with you on this one, Dan. Recent US housing stats remain dismal but not that these alone are "clear signs of an economic recession." Bad news is easier to believe in a ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... I say home? Funny that because last night's release suggests that no one's at home - or they're not building more. US housing permits fell by 4 per cent in April to stand 13 per cent lower than a year ago. Housing starts - what housing starts? - tumbled ...