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Dip buyers buy the dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
The Gremlins are coming back to haunt. Or so it'll seem as you read reports reporting that, once again, we're doomed. Yes Virginia, you'll be scared off your pants to know that the S&P 500 index posted its biggest weekly loss in 2012. It fell an earth-shattering ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up nine points at 4,312. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its April 3 board meeting while the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases figures ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... points. Telstra is quite strong." Financial stocks were mixed, with ANZ up 0.44 per cent at $23.08 and National Australia Bank down 0.44 per cent at $24.69. Commonwealth Bank shares were 0.26 per cent lower at $50.05 while Westpac shares were 0.54 per ...

What price surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
Whose fault is it anyway? New Greens leader Christine Milne has barely warmed the seat Bob Brown vacated last week and she's already off to a firing start. Don't blame Julia and Swan (and the Greens?), they've been locked in into delivering the "promised" ...

YBR launches savings fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
Yellow Brick Road Holdings has launched its first high-performance savings solution in a bid to attract mum and dad investors to low-risk cash and bond markets. The YBR Smarter Money Fund invests in high-quality, investment grade cash assets and variable-rate ...

ANZ cuts wealth mgmt by 230

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
ANZ Wealth will cut 230 roles from its division, the bank confirmed today, due to rising costs and customer preferences. Initially announcing in February that 1000 jobs would be cut in the 2012 financial year, ANZ advised staff on Wednesday that around ...

Best friends forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... count on. Just last night, SGH Macro Advisors - a NY-based macro policy think tank - reported that it expects the Peoples Bank of China to cut its bank's reserve requirement by 50 basis points within this coming week. And of course, we already know the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... points to 20,327.32 on turnover of HK$52.76 billion ($A6.62 billion). Traders followed a global pick-up after European Central Bank board member Benoit Coeure suggested markets were overestimating Spain's problems and did not rule out additional purchases ...

APLs a potential minefield under FOFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... you sponsor a group and you're guaranteed to get an APL, that could be issue," said Lucas. The question is now whether a bank-owned practice which is supported by the bank will face conflicted remuneration consequences if they are sponsoring and on the ...

Investor negativity despite positive signs

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
Investor sentiment climbed a significant 5.6 points in the latest index report, taking it to -16.8 and the eighth consecutive negative quarter. Based on the fourth quarter of 2011, a survey of 1,004 respondents between February 21 and March 5 this year ...