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Chief economist: Of capital gains taxes, COVID-19 and climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... and the DJIA rose by 0.9%, the Nasdaq by 1.9%, and the Russell 2000 by 2.3%? Yesterday, investors focused on US company earnings beating consensus expectations, strengthening recovery in global economic growth - so much so that the Bank of Canada (BOC) ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... overnight - up 0.8% -- more because of Greece (austerity measures passed by Parliament) and better-than-expected US company earnings reports and another up day in China and not what she sang before the Senate Banking Committee last night. I could only ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... market on Thursday closed higher for the seventh session in a row, boosted by Chinese manufacturing data and US company earnings. Banking giant HSBC said its preliminary purchasing managers index of China's manufacturing activity for July jumped to 52.0 ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... session." Overnight on Wall Street, shares finished mostly lower as investors assessed the latest batch of US company earnings and sold utility and energy stocks. Mr McCarthy said the US markets had flattened out after markets mulled over comments from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... as cash-strapped Greece's efforts to get a debt writedown from the private sector down and a mixed bag of US company earnings dented market sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 33.91 points (0.27 per cent) to 12,674.91 in closing trade. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... or 1.96 per cent, to 3,637.76 points. TOKYO - Japanese shares fell on fading market excitement at positive US company earnings and weaker Chinese stocks, brokers said. The Nikkei index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell 10.88 points, or 0.11 per cent ...

Too much ado about Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... the course for as long as it takes, there's no other way for the economy but to improve. Just look at the US company earnings reports released last night. According to Bloomberg, "Income for the first three months of this year is beating estimates at ...

ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... about more loan losses. Morgan Stanley's trading revenue fell. But the same way as the first few batches of US company earnings reports caused disappointment there will be some - perhaps many more - that would bring pleasant surprises.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... highest close in three weeks on Tuesday, buoyed by tech shares such as Kyocera Corp after a wave of solid US company earnings helped underscore that the economic recovery continues. The benchmark Nikkei rose 100.33 points, or 0.98 per cent, to 10,336.84. ...

Recession over! Sigh!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... easily translates to higher earnings for the now "leaner and meaner" businesses. The better than expected US company earnings in the second quarter attest to this. As business profitability improves, demand for capital investment and labour increases. ...
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