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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a lacklustre overnight lead from the US where employment figures came in better than expected. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was down one point at 4,493. ...

Don't overlook South America as an EM: MFS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... Australian investors should also consider South America, said global investment manager MFS. South America's combined stock market at about $1.6 trillion is only about one-quarter the size of China's, but it's twice that of Singapore, reported Rainmaker ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... September - it's on holidays this week) have all underperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. But not India. Its stock market has outperformed since the first of the major central banks' QE announcement - big time. The Sensex 30 index is up a full ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher after an encouraging report on the US labour market and better retail sales pushed Wall Street higher. At 0806 AEST on Friday, the local December share price index futures contract was up 11 points at 4,471. ...

ETFs hit $6bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... equivalent to about 9% of indexed Australian equities, based on separate research by Rainmaker, but only about 0.5% of stock market capitalisation. There are five major ETF providers, StateStreet with 48% of the market, iShares with 23%, Vanguard with ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher after Wall Street rose slightly on positive reports for the US services sector and private hiring. At 0815 AEST on Thursday, the local December share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 4,448. ...

Vanguard makes index switch

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... sixteen stock and balanced index funds that will track CRSP benchmarks have $367 billion in assets, including the Total Stock Market Index Fund, which is Vanguard's largest at $197 billion. The University of Chicago's Centre for Research in Security ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market is set to open higher despite weakness on overseas markets after Spain said it was not preparing a request for a bailout loan. Investors have been anticipating that the Spanish government would ask for help for nearly ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... to show world investors and other countries that Spain can meet fiscal targets. The budget unveiling lifted the US stock market from what had been only modest gains. The market gains started earlier, in Asia, helped by expectations that the People's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on the US and European bourses as concern re-emerges over the eurozone's debt problems and confidence wanes for the Federal Reserve's QE3 move. At 0815 AEST on Thursday, the December share ...