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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... Nothing dramatic has really changed overnight." Mr Ive said there was a rumour that the Bank of Japan may intervene again to stop the yen's rise. A strong yen is harmful to the Japanese economy because it reduces the value of foreign earnings for companies ...

Nothing happened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
There's some peace and quiet around financial markets overnight. There was no news convincing enough to direct investor traffic one way or another. But the blogomentaries on Wall Street this morning has got my goose. You don't have to go pass Bloomberg's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... France and/or French banks. Bank shares led the drop in the US markets, amid speculation that they faced more pressure to stop parking money with the central bank and begin lending. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets plunged over new debt fears on ...

Re-financing of aged care announced

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... costs for aged care - ranging from 100% for low income pensioners and down to around 75% for the more affluent. A "'lifetime stop-loss limit '' of $60,000 is proposed, after which the government would step in to pay for aged care. The report recommends ...

Market woes cause adviser headache

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
Funeral provider Invocare could provide a good non-cyclical stock to hold in a falling market, a CMC Markets analyst has said, while financial advisers faced with worried clients have been told to get back to basics. Australian stocks have been in rapid ...

Coaching tips invigorate adviser roadshow

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... they had a delicious treat - expert financial advice - that clients want. "Remember: 'I've got the cookie'," he said. "Now stop giving free financial advice away: people have to pay." He likened adviser fees to a tiny weight on a see-saw compared with ...

No way USA can't repay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... austerity, the greater the toll on the economy and lead to further downgrades. So why doesn't Moody's - and S&P and Fitch - stop this "death by a thousand cuts" and just go ahead and murder Greece already?

Earnings, debt ceiling and debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... revenue (up 82% year-on-year) and a quarterly EPS US$7.79 - almost 34% more than analysts' average estimate. And it doesn't stop there - it expects better results again next quarter. And it's not only Apple, According to Bloomberg, "Per-share earnings ...

Industry brawl erupts over super network ads

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... Shorten told financial planners at a luncheon organised by the Association of Financial Advisers that the industry needed to stop its infighting. "Retail funds bag industry funds, corporate funds bag industry funds, industry funds bag retail funds, everyone ...

Carbon blast from the GST past

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... other non-exempt industries are up and arms - as one would expect. And Australians households are anxious that the pain will stop with them. Only yesterday, Qantas declared that it "need(s) to fully pass on the carbon price to customers." Virgin sang ...