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LMCI: a new indicator is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
Mother's made an outing last Friday night in America - and she came bearing good tidings. Mother, of course, is the US non-farm payrolls report - considered "the mother of all economic statistics". US employment increased by 248K last month following ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... dollar's breaching of the 110 yen level for the first time since 2008. The US dollar extended its run-up despite weak US indicators, but profit-taking in the afternoon saw it pare those gains. The euro continued to struggle after eurozone inflation hit ...

Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... yield of 2.34%, it remains more than 50 bps lower than the 3.04% level at the start of 2014 - yes, the time when US indicators and growth was polar vortexed into weakness. And that time the US dollar was weaker. The greenback's now trading at around ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
The share market has made a better than expected start to the week, with gains in most sectors. Monday is the final day of trading for the third quarter of the financial year, which would probably lead to sporadic and irregular trading as investors ...

RBA decisions decisions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... expectations for a 1.0% gain and recouping only half the previous month's 0.8% fall. Off goes the taper. First-tier US indicators set for release through the course of this week suggest markets would continue to ride the taper on, taper off seesaw. But ...

I was there!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... they're only permutations and variations around the same theme - Wall Street closed higher due to better-than-expected US indicators, particularly housing and durable goods orders. Frankly Frank, it would have been a ho-hum night were it not for the ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... insurance have been heading south for nearly a year now. Likewise, this goes against what previous better-than-expected US indicators have been telling us. For instance, the latest update of that tried and tested leading indicator of the economy - the ...

Smackdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
Hey, hey, something doesn't look quite right here. The Dow's reclaimed 13K and most equity markets in Europe ended on the up and up while we were sleeping. They shouldn't be doing that. Haven't they heard that Standard & Poor's just downgraded Greek ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... which showed that a sharp slowdown in the last quarter may be easing, at least in Germany and France. A series of US indicators on jobs and activity, especially a sharp drop in new unemployment claims, were welcomed after heavy losses on Wednesday sparked ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... "stress tests". While charts suggest recent falls in the Nikkei may be coming to an end, a number of lacklustre US indicators including Tuesday's housing starts kept investors wary, with few willing to actively buy before Japanese earnings pick up steam ...
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