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Willing America into a dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
Are we there yet? This question seems to be in everyone's mind at the moment. There here means an American recession and perhaps a European one. I must admit that despite checking up on the indicators that the US National Bureau of Economic Research ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... volatility and choppiness we saw last week." Wall Street lost four per cent overnight on new worries about a second recession in the United States and Europe, prompted by an investment bank report and poor economic data from the US. Fears about the liquidity ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... higher than the market had forecast. Mr Jukes said a report by Morgan Stanley had only fuelled worries about a second recession in the United States and Europe, sending US stocks into a tailspin. The report said the US and Europe were dangerously close ...

On the verge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... the 'R' word again last night. "Our revised forecasts show the US and the euro area hovering dangerously close to a recession -- defined as two consecutive quarters of contraction -- over the next 6-12 months." I'm normally sceptical of institutions ...

Nothing happened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... revenue growth outlook to 1%-5% from the previous range of 5%-9%. Implication: The US consumer is not spending - American recession here we come. What a lotta hogwash. Has anybody stopped and considered that Dell is losing business to what most of you ...

A penny saved could spark a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... to the edge I'm trying not to lose my head, ah-huh-huh-huh" - The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Recession worries, it seems, travel fast. After doing a tour of the USA, they are now doing the rounds of Europe. The spark? The cancer ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... Certainly, Australian investors have reason to be worried should speculation over a US - and perhaps even a European - recession eventuate. Global growth would certainly slow and negatively affect earnings of domestic companies. However, what does not ...

Lost GPS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... methinks the implications will be similar and the on a broader scale. So really, I can't blame those fearing that another recession is nigh - especially in the US of A. But on this matter, I checked the indicators the US National Bureaus of Economic ...

Digit says recession averted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... that the French rumour was just that, you'll read in today's headlines that, "Stocks Surge on Tempered Concern About Recession" (Bloomberg). And financial markets reached this conclusion because? Because of that volatile weekly report that showed US ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... cent Wednesday, more than wiping out the gains of Tuesday's rebound as European debt troubles and worries of a new US recession kept investors nervous. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 519.83 points (4.62 per cent) to 10,719.94 at closing, compared ...