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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... added to the Dow's 313-point drop on Wednesday - the biggest one-day loss in a year - one day after Obama defeated Republican challenger Mitt Romney at the polls. LONDON - European stock markets closed lower and the euro edged down after European central ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
Australian stocks are more than one per cent lower as weakness in the finance and resources-linked sectors lead broad-based declines. At 1027 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 55.9 points, or 1.24 per cent, at 4,460.6 points ...

Obama victory ignites fiscal cliff fears

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
A political quarrel surrounding the US fiscal cliff looks set to become the focal point for investors after Barrack Obama's narrow victory in the presidential race. President Obama's priority is to secure a budget deal with the US Congress to avoid ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... to 1,407.11, while the Nasdaq Composite shed 41.87 (1.39 per cent) at 2,970.06. Obama won a resounding victory over Republican challenger Mitt Romney in a closely fought race late Tuesday. But voters left Congress divided, with Democrats maintaining ...

Political punch trading greatest risk to US economy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... derail the economy's growth prospects." In 2011 the US was brought to the brink of defaulting on its debt when the Republican controlled House of Representatives blocked the route to raising the debt ceiling. As a result, ratings agency Standard & Poor's ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 12.27 (0.41 per cent) to 3,011.93. Wall Street has been more behind the president's Republican challenger Romney, who supports low investment-related taxes. But most in the business world want a clear decision that ...

Market Wrap early AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... 4,493.6. NEW YORK - US stocks opened mostly lower on the eve of the presidential vote, with President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney locked neck-and-neck in the race for the White House. Five minutes into trade on Monday, the Dow ...

A stock market rally could get Obama over the line

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
Despite a common perception that the Republican Party is good for business, over the past 12 elections spanning 48 years, the S&P 500 has in fact delivered higher average annual returns under Democratic governments. That's according to a recent paper ...

Market shocks likely: Advance Asset Management

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... America will also find it hard to initiate any meaningful structural change, regardless of the election result, due to Republican and Democrat party polarisation, said Stephen Loosley, a former Australian Senator, and chairman of the Australian Strategic ...

SEC triggers industry protest storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... Despite the SEC determination to push ahead with the reforms that they believe will improve investor protections, the Republican dominated Congress is not expected to support the legislation following passionate representations by the US Chamber of Commerce ...