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Kim playing Duke Nukem is the bigger worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... program sometime late this year" - be true also? The next disappointing one month data....drum roll...the ISM non-manufacturing index. It came in at 54.4 in March from 56 in the previous month. Markets expected a dip to only 55.5. No, we won't let the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... or 0.38 per cent, higher at 4,985.5. NEW YORK - US stocks have pushed to new record highs, bolstered by solid US manufacturing orders and strong results from US carmakers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 14,659.02, up 86.17 (0.59 per cent) ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... sales and industrial production. The week before, we got better-than-predicted jobs growth and a jump in the ISM non-manufacturing index. If you're still deciding which forecast has a better chance of coming true...just follow the money. It begins and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... billion) in short-term debt amid demand that was more than double the supply, a central bank statement said. British manufacturing output slumped by 1.5 per cent in January compared with December, official data showed, while a wider measure of industrial ...

China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... Composite index plunged 3.7% and the S&P/ASX 200 index lost 1.5% yesterday. All due to reports that China's non-manufacturing PMI eased to 54.5 in February - the weakest level in five months - from 56.2 in January. Don't know about you but isn't the ...

The virtuous cycle is back in play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... rose by 0.9% in the same month. There wasn't any fear over 'sequestration' among US manufacturers either. The ISM manufacturing index accelerated by 1.1 points to 54.2 In February with new orders jumping by 4.5 points to 57.8 and new export orders increasing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... close at 6378.6 points on Friday on the back of encouraging US data including a third-straight month of increasing manufacturing. Frankfurt's DAX 30 shed 0.43 per cent to 7708.16 points, and in Paris the CAC 40 lost 0.62 per cent to 3699.91 points. Milan's ...

Fear is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... "sequestration" come 1 March. There's Moody's downgrade of the UK's triple-A credit rating to AA1. There's China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index which fell to its lowest reading in four months in February. And yes, there's also the simmering ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... Leighton. In Australia, the market on Monday closed higher as investors continued to feel optimistic despite weaker manufacturing data from China. At 1615 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 37.7 points, or 0.75 per cent, at 5,055.8 points, while ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... London's FTSE 100 index of top companies gained 1.12 per cent to close at 6,347.24 points as a slight expansion in manufacturing in January and positive quarterly results for telecoms firm BT cheered investors. The mining giants all opened higher. Rio ...