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THE Dow Jones Industrial index saw its bull run of eight straight days of gains interrupted last Friday, and investors should not be surprised if traders hit the pause button on the rally a few days longer.
The coming week may just contain enough unsettling developments from Washington, DC and Europe in a week otherwise devoid of market-moving numbers.
‘A pause this week won’t surprise or distress… more

Nearly a year after the stock market staged one of the biggest rallies in history, investors  worry that this bull may be getting wobbly. There’s no shortage of cause for concern.  







Stock market – Investing – Business – Stocks and Bonds – Equities

(SINGAPORE) THE median resale prices of executive condominiums (ECs) have increased 63 per cent in the past two years, riding on the bull run in the private residential market, a report says.

Caveats lodged for ECs in the resale market in October 2009 showed prices at $519 per sq ft (psf), says CB Richard Ellis (CBRE). This is 63 per cent higher than at the bottom of the market in Q3 2006, when … more

Singapore expected to benefit from its direct domestic plays, says AMPCI
GLOBAL equities are at the early stage of a three-to-five-year bull market, said Kerry Series, head of Asia Pacific Equities at AMP Capital Investors (AMPCI).
Mr Series, who spoke to BT in Singapore yesterday, noted that Asian stocks could outperform on the back of stronger earnings growth and investor demand.
Despite the m… more

ASIAN stock markets were in the red yesterday as investors doubted whether equities would be able to continue their incredible bull run for much longer.

Even a better-than-expected United States housing market report and small gains on Wall Street – the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.36 per cent to reach its highest level since November – failed to inspire much buying here.

The benchmark… more

FOR those who watched global stock markets going up non-stop last week, it is easy to conclude that the bulls are back on a rampage and that a new bull era has begun.

After rallying strongly between March and May, stock prices had faltered last month on concerns that the green shoots of economic growth might turn out to be too feeble to flourish.

But last week had proven the bears wrong, as a … more