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I wish I may, I wish I might

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
It's back! Volatility, that is. It looks like the Wall Street seesaw has just been whipsawed.

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open sharply lower after heavy falls on Wall Street where oil and coal stocks led the tumble as the price of oil continued a multi-week decline.

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher following overnight gains on Wall St where the US Federal Reserve hinted it would not raise interest rates.

Seesaw on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
The IMF's downgrade of its guesstimate for world growth this year and the next - the one that caused Wall Street's seesaw - is the same one that produced Wall Street's saw while we slept.

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains of more than one per cent on Wall Street.

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has improved a little from its poor start but is still trading lower, after a sharp fall on markets in the United States and Europe overnight.

Now where have I heard that before?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
The title of the report says it all, "Global Growth Disappoints, Pace of Recovery Uneven and Country-Specific," but at the same time says nothing the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker do not already know.

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after international markets as the IMF cut the eurozone growth outlook and German industrial output slumped.

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
The Australian share market is flat with gains among the major miners offset by the major banks.

LMCI: a new indicator is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
At last, one number to gauge how the Fed gauges the economy. As the Fed explains, "...the Labor Market and Career Information (LMCI) appears to be a useful tool for assessing the change in labor market conditions based on a broad array of labor market ...