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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street's Dow Jones finished just 35 points higher on Friday, but Asian markets closed the week lower. At 0711 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was down nine points ...

Super funds call for calm amid market fall

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... income, which is offering relatively low rates against inflation. A clear sign of the lack of confidence in markets is that the bank deposit sector currently has more money in it than super, according to Rainmaker, with figures of $1.5 trillion and $1.4 ...

Australian bullion exchange to launch

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
Australian investors in precious metals will soon have their own physical local exchange with the upcoming launch of the Australian Bullion Exchange. The Australian Bullion Exchange (ABX) is an exchange for physical bullion that connects buyers and ...

Bulls see red

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... sapping every bit of confidence left among governments, businesses, investors and households. The IMF and the Fed and the World Bank's warnings confirmed these. So did last night's stats that showed China's preliminary manufacturing PMI falling to a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... Friday, the December share price index futures contract was down 76 points at 3,890. In economic news on Friday, The Reserve Bank of Australia's financial stability review comes out. In equities news, Lynas Corporation and Beadell Resources Ltd post ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... market is more than two per cent lower at noon amid global uncertainty following big falls on Wall Street after the US central bank downgraded its economic outlook. The big miners led the falls, with Rio Tinto shares shedding more than five per cent ...

Twisting the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... 1 and 2. As the Fed buys more long-term Treasuries, their yields fall - effectively handing capital gains to the central bank. The Fed's capital gains translates into earnings for the US Treasury and at the same time lowers the US government's cost of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 95 points at 3,990. In economics news, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases its Annual Report 2011 and RBA assistant governor (Economic) Philip Lowe delivers a speech to the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... that's going on," Mr Heffernan said. But losses by the big banks were offsetting other sectors' gains, he said. Commonwealth Bank was the worst performer, down 55 cents, or 1.2 per cent, at $43.82, while National Australia Bank had lost 28 cents to $21.72 ...

Challenger creates new investment head

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... Mercer's global responsible investment consulting team. Additionally, Stewart provided portfolio analysis for Commonwealth Bank of Australia institutional clients and in investment analytics at AMP. "We are delighted to appoint an experienced research ...