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On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... spending is strengthening and durable good orders are surging. Even better, the forward view is warm and sunny days ahead. The ISM manufacturing index - what I consider the most reliable and consistent predictor of US growth - jumped to 53.1 last month ...

Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... 780,000 houses last year from 608,800 in 2011. This comes on the heels of better-than-expected US retail sales, car sales, ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing reports and a more upbeat Beige book. But it's not only the biggest economy in the world ...

Something's gotta give

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... as bit actors to support Wall Street's reaction to the latest rhetoric on that cliff. The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) reported that its non-manufacturing index rose to 54.7 in November from 54.2 in the previous. This is good and supportive of ...

Uncertainly certain RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... uptick at the close while the S&P 500 went from a plus 0.5% to a minus 0.5%. This is because the latest instalment of the ISM manufacturing survey did not live up to expectations. The index declined to 49.5 in November - a big miss relative to expectations ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... heightened concern that fiscal deadlock in Washington is already hurting the economy. The Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) index fell to 49.5 in November, below the 51.2 reading forecast by analysts. Any number below 50 on the scale means that ...

Flip flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... optimism 15.3% 3. Over time, the single largest investment risk for my institution is? Incentive misalignment 6.8% Short term-ism, being prone to overreaction 58.1% Conventionality, fear of being different 5.4% Overestimating one's ability to gauge risk ...

Three chances to win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... boring. Dull, in the sense that they provide no fresh indications to what we already know - and that is that we don't. The US ISM non-manufacturing index eased to a lower than expected 54.2 in October from 55.1 in the previous month. The US services ...

Good not great but getting better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... months in India, increased in South Korea and further expanded in Indonesia. In America, the Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index rose to 51.7 in October - the highest since May - from 51.5 in September. Not only this, consumers ...

Market wrap Early AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... rose to 72.2 in October, up from a revised 68.4 in September and better than forecasts. Also helping was a slight rise in the ISM's purchasing manager index for the industrial sector, to 51.7 per cent from September's 51.5 per cent reading. And the auto ...

Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... again, one swallow does not a spring make. This as much was the same message conveyed in the employment components of the ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices. The employment index of the ISM manufacturing survey increased to 54.7 in September ...