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Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
"Wall Street drops on China price worries" - afr.com.au. "Wall Street slumps on China concerns" - new.com.au. "Stocks, Commodities Slide on China Concern; Treasuries Tumble" - Bloomberg.com. "US shares drop on China inflation worries" - Reuters via ...

QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... repayment." And, "The serious defects in the U.S. economic development and management model will lead to the long-term recession of its national economy, fundamentally lowering the national solvency." Call it a political move, an offensive attack ahead ...

QE2 or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... month? That was when - according to the National Bureau of Economic Research Business Cycle Dating Committee - the US recession ended. Well guess what? The fresh data on industrial output suggest - rather, confirm -- the renewed weakness in America. ...

No housing bubble: Fidelity

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... rolls (over)," she said. Fidelity's head of Australian equities Paul Taylor reaffirmed his belief that a double dip recession in the US is highly unlikely given the strength of corporate cash flows and balance sheets. Taylor pointed out that in previous ...

Introducing foreclosure-gate, the latest risk to a US recovery

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... provide another unwanted headwind for the ailing US economy as it teeters precariously on the brink of a double dip recession. "It's reasonable to anticipate that the US housing market is going to remain soft for the foreseeable future," said John Wilson ...

Good for nothing war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... It's got one friend, that's the undertaker..." Yes Virginia, this long drawn-out climb out of the abyss of the deep recession has frustrated governments of all stripes and colours and ignited their fervour for war - currency war, that is - in the holy ...

Gotta love gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
We've been told that the US recession officially died 15 months ago and Wall Street, it seems, is no longer grieving. In fact, the S&P 500 index looks on track to claim its "biggest September gain in 71 years" - unless Bloomberg is mistaken, that is ...

Much ado over more of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... decides - or more, importantly, whatever it says it will do. Their mood optimistic, boosted by the knowledge that the US recession ended a long time ago - 15 months to be exact. But that was yesterday. Today, Wall Street wasn't so sure. The Dow closed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... a four-month high after the National Bureau of Economic Research confirmed the world's biggest economy emerged from recession in June last year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index lifted 1.37 per cent to 10,753.62 points, while the broader S&P 500 ...

Recession over, now for the recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... determined that a trough in business activity occurred in the U.S. economy in June 2009. The trough marks the end of the recession that began in December 2007 and the beginning of an expansion. The recession lasted 18 months, which makes it the longest ...