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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 ...

Any which way is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... February, it was as markets expected anyway. Besides, last week's new and existing US home sales figures suggest that the US housing market is gently heading towards the correct path. For companies, reporting earnings were up. Big names like Ford Motor ...

Poor standard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... thinking out loud. The economy is heading in the right direction too with another report out overnight suggesting that the US housing market is joining other advancing activity indicators we've seen over the past few months. The National Association ...

Thanks S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... Book. We've seen slow but still consistent gains in employment. Now, it appears that housing's beginning to stir too. US housing starts advanced by 7.2 per cent in March to an annualised rate of 549,000 units. Expectations were for a rise of only 520K. ...

Equiti to launch US multifamily property fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... opportunity that "everyone is looking at." "In the past 12 months, Australian investors have poured $600 million into US housing. Unfortunately, the lure of cheap property and a strong Aussie dollar may not produce the financial windfall that many anticipate ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... favour," Mr Sekely said. He said the market had largely ignored spreading unrest in the Middle East and some disappointing US housing data. Local investors had not taken much notice of the resignation of the prime minister of Portugal after parliament ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... Middle East and Japan's nuclear crisis. The markets opened in positive territory but slipped back as disappointing US housing data and a sharp British government growth downgrade hit confidence, only to recover again by the finish. And fears that the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... turn violent. The upwards move was also helped by Obama administration's launch on Friday of a major shake-up of the US housing market, proposing that state-backed lenders are wound up and setting minimum downpayments for buyers. European bourses had ...