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Economics

No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Why are the markets acting all surprised when events develop as we all expected all along?

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on major international markets on the back of disappointing April PMI data for China and the eurozone and as some US earnings results missed expectations.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
The Australian share market opened slightly lower, despite gains on Wall Street and positive leads from European markets.

Dickens on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
The Fed's committed to making the recovery stick. And so are all other government and central bank authorities around the world. Simply because it is in no one's best interest to see economies go down the drain. Not even the bears.

Market Wrap-Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after solid German business confidence data and stronger profits from Microsoft, McDonald's and other major US corporations helped the Dow Jones finish about 0.5 per cent higher.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
The Australian share market slipped into negative territory by noon as falls by insurance stocks and manufacturers outweighed higher energy stocks.

It's all in the spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
Pausing for a jump or poised for a dive? At this point, the subject is very much subject to market interpretation.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower, following Wall Street's lead where US employment and housing data overshadowed a successful Spanish bond auction.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
The Australian share market opened slightly higher following gains for the mining giants and despite falls on Wall Street.

Missing the forest for the daily grind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
One step forward, two steps back. Two steps forward, one step back. Buy. No, sell. Sell. Wait, wait, buy!