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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
Australian stocks were down slightly at noon, as the big miners fell, and the market consolidated gains that took it to a one month high. At 1200 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.5 points, or 0.27 per cent, at 4546 points ...

Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... a bubble versus not in a bubble; emerging economies will succumb to the European crisis versus emerging economies would offset any downside risk from the European crisis. And that, my friends, is why confusion reigns at this point in time. Nobody knows. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... 9,887.89. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares ended flat as a late sell-off erased earlier gains. Renewed concerns about eurozone debt offset gains in China-related banks ahead of Agricultural Bank of China's initial public offering. Moody's Investors Service ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... Australian share market appears set for a flat start following its long weekend as a late fall on Wall Street overnight offset gains in Europe and Asia. At 0734 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was up five points ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... stress." Also out, the US trade deficit widened to US$40.285 billion in April as a 0.7 per cent fall in exports more than offset the 0.4 per cent decline in imports. The rest of the world is buying less "made in the USA" goods and services. America is ...

Great disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
Ok, ok...there's no defending the indefensible, so I wouldn't even try. Now you know what happens when hype meets reality. The S&P 500 index plummeted by 3.44 per cent when "great expectations" on the US jobs front turned out to be a "great disappointment". ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... 9,768.7, ending a turbulent month when it shed 12 per cent. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares closed flat as bargain hunting offset a heavy fall in Shanghai caused by renewed concerns over government plans to rein in property prices. The benchmark Hang Seng ...

RIP May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
It's a wrap! Once again, the age-old adage "sell in May then go away" re-asserted itself in 2010. It may be the "Year of the Tiger" in the Chinese calendar but for financial markets May is easily the "Month of the PIGS". With only one trading day to ...

Budget underwhelms planning groups

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... earners are not going to be very fussed by it and lower income earners may have a mortgage and would have their money in an offset account anyway." Regarding superannuation, the government announced it would increase the super guarantee to 12 per cent ...

RSPT reaction excessive: ISN

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... Tax (RSPT) by Industry Super Network reveals that its short-term introductory costs of 12 basis points will be more than offset by positive impacts on mining companies and super fund returns as they share in these profits. The benefits in contrast will ...