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Bad everywhere news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... than already lowered expectations - the latest of which are Du Pont and 3M. Reuters' summarised it best, "This earnings season has so far produced a string of disappointments from companies falling short of Wall Street's expectations. With results in ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... better-than-expected Chinese trade data failed to lift spirits as dealers await growth figures from Beijing. With the corporate earnings season under way, there is also nervousness in global bourses, with many investors opting to stay away for now. Sydney ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... gave up early gains on firm bank earnings and a rise in consumer confidence on Friday with worries about the new earnings season clouding optimism. At 0745 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was down 13 points at 4,475. In ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... International Monetary Fund's decision to slash its global growth forecasts, while concerns over the upcoming corporate earnings season also weighed on sentiment. Eyes were also on a meeting which started later in the day of the finance ministers of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... cents to $26.24 and Westpac had declined 23 cents to $25.66. Among the results so far during the US corporate earnings season, which has just got underway, aluminium maker Alcoa said it had posted a $US143 million ($A140.78 million) loss in the third ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... Fund (IMF) cut its global economic growth forecasts and investors braced for the start of a poor third-quarter earnings season. The IMF's gloomier outlook for 2012 and 2013 global growth came a day after the World Bank slashed its growth estimates for ...

Time to buy the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... they'll be down by 1.7%. But whatever, the point is that the third quarter of 2012 is expected to be the baddest earnings season in three years. It'll only take a bit of an upside surprise for markets to surprise on the upside. And then, there's QE3 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... Positive figures, following the recent US employment growth, would boost confidence, he said. As the Australian earnings season continues, National Australia Bank (NAB) has announced a weaker profit of $1.2 billion profit in the three months to June ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... said. "We're about where we should be." The local market would be choppy and unpredictable ahead of the local earnings season, he said. US stocks closed higher after Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke gave a gloomy assessment of the economy to Congress ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... with 10,866 contracts traded. US stocks closed sharply lower on Tuesday as investors digested a positive start to earnings season, a eurozone deal to help support Spain and its banks, and disappointing Chinese trade data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...