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The stock market eked out a gain as investors took glum economic news in stride. The small gains still left stocks with a loss for the week but the Dow and S&P 500 logged their best month since November.









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While the Greenback was the strong performer of last week, the Japanese yen took that title for this week. Although we did see a general gain in the USD, it was no match for the JPY which was boosted from this week’s risk aversion.

STOCKS barely changed last week, with our portfolios edging up 0.4 per cent on average. The median gain was 0.2 per cent.

The lowest forward PE portfolio is the biggest gainer, advancing by 1.7 per cent. Two stocks contributed the bulk of the gain: China Fishery and Hong Leong Asia. The former popped 19.2 per cent while, the latter added 12.2 per cent.

Hong Leong Asia also helped lift the valu… more

Inventories held by wholesalers posted an unexpectedly strong gain in November while sales shot up by the largest amount in 10 months.







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A U.S. report Thursday on claims for unemployment aid signaled that layoffs are easing and that the economy could be on the verge of posting the first monthly gain in jobs in two years.

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Consumer spending rose for a second straight month in November as incomes recorded their biggest gain in six months, data showed on Wednesday.

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U.S. businesses unexpectedly increased their inventories in October. The small gain raised hopes that businesses will begin restocking their shelves, helping support the recovery.









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Orders to U.S. factories unexpectedly rose in October, the sixth gain in the past seven months.







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A PUSH on the three banks in relatively thin volume initially helped send the Straits Times Index up 40 points to 2,785 yesterday but afternoon concerns triggered by a firming US dollar and the associated worry over how Wall Street might react brought the index down to 2,758.79 for a closing gain of just 13.75 points.
Excluding the STI components and derivatives, there were 215 falls versus 144 ri… more

Stocks posted a modest gain after the Labor Department said the unemployment rate topped 10 percent in October for the first time since 1983, but also that the pace of job losses slowed.