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GROW Super slashes fees

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... fees from 1.6% to 0.99% per annum. Spaceship also rebalanced its flagship fund, GrowthX, boosting its allocation to tech stocks from 30% to 50%. At the time, Spaceship chief executive Paul Bennetts explained: "Australian equities only make up 3% of the ...

The "old economy" that is Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... in index points since 2009 are Apple, Google and Microsoft (not far behind them is Amazon, in ninth place).A Giant tech stocks have been a major part of the US market recovery." Now where, rather when, have I heard this line before? While not a single ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... at the market's shrugging response to Greece. "Maybe we fully priced in Greece leaving the euro," he added. Large tech stocks to gain included Apple (+0.5 per cent), Amazon (+2.7 per cent) and Google (+1.4 per cent). Biotech stocks, such as Celgene (+4.2 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... or 0.21 per cent, to $4.82. US stocks rose sharply on Friday, ending a two-day slide with Apple leading a rally in tech stocks. The tech-rich Nasdaq jumped 1.29 per cent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.03 per cent and

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... previous record on March 2. The Nasdaq surge came on the back of good data in the quarterly reports of the three big tech stocks: Amazon shares soared 14.8 per cent and Microsoft 10.5 per cent as they reported strong gains in cloud computing. LONDON ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat after a fluctuating night on Wall Street where a rebound in tech stocks offset a transport industry, including airlines, slump. At 0800 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was unchanged ...

A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... not. That's if last night's fall on Wall Street continues -- The S&P 500 index slid by 1.3%, Nasdaq's off by 1.9% and tech stocks dove 3.3%. You don't have to dig deep to find out the reasons for Wall Street's fall while we slept - it's concerns over ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... points, or 0.04 per cent, at 5,286.8 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have closed with modest gains helped by firm buying in tech stocks, after a day spent mostly well in the red. At Tuesday's close of trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 17,515.23 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... expects, in part because the progress of electric cars has been slow. Tesla tumbled 9.1 per cent. Other prominent tech stocks, including Amazon (-2.2 per cent), Facebook (-3.7 per cent) and Netflix (-4.0 per cent) also fell. Analysts said some investors ...

So bad it's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... contraction. It's badder than bad and yet Wall Streeters returned, and went a-shopping for big stocks, small stocks and tech stocks. This time, however, I agree with the meisters (or is it the meisters agreeing with me?). Wall Street rebounded overnight ...