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A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... indicators dipped by 0.1% and Philly Fed index fell. Need I say more? Oh yes, the headlines also impressed on us all that United Health, Ebay, IBM, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley's disappointed earnings/profit expectations. Friday: S&P 500 up 0.9%. ...

May's not far away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... headlines for why many of their brethrens are on the sell side. It was disappointing US corporate profits and/or revenue by United Health, Ebay, IBM, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley. No one wants to hear about the profit/revenue beats of Verizon ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
The Australian share market has opened firmer after markets in the United States pushed to new highs. On Wall Street overnight, investors were buoyed by a government report pointing to lower-than-expected jobless claims. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Bullish markets boost demand for bespoke structured products

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... won a two-year mandate from a boutique adviser to construct a bespoke product based on a basket of eight stocks in the United States, covering five industry sectors. Instreet is a boutique investment house with more than $500 million in assets under ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... and investors were now buying back in. He said expectations were also high for an improved company earnings season in the United States, which has just begun. Also, moves by Japan to stimulate its economy was generating positive sentiment and helping ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... pushed the yen to its lowest level in almost four years against the dollar. A worse-than-expected jobs report from the United States added to selling pressure, while continuing tensions on the Korean peninsula and a bird flu outbreak in China also weighed ...

BOJ brings out big bazooka

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... at the end of 2011, second only to China which buys 25% of our goods and services shipments but far more than the 5% the United States buys from us. Plus, most of Japan's import needs -- oil, coal, iron ore, copper, aluminium and wood - are among Australia's ...

Kim playing Duke Nukem is the bigger worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... hands on nuclear playthings. Kim 'Duke Nukem' Jong Un has reportedly given his North Korean army the go ahead to nuke the United States. According to the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, "The merciless operation of (our) revolutionary armed ...

Islamic finance forum to discuss Shariah growth opps

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... Shariah compliant assets available worldwide, as at April 2012 and the likes of Malaysia, Indonesia, Qatar, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates' governments continue to issue investment grade Shariah bonds. To benefit from the growing theme, local investment ...

Paradice debuts fund for retail investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... managing director of Paradice David Paradice said. The fund is managed by three portfolio managers based in Denver in the United States and it invests in global companies excluding Australia and New Zealand. It holds between 40 and 80 companies at any ...