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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... weak economic data and a bleak outlook from delivery giant UPS darkened the mood ahead of a Federal Reserve decision on interest rates. At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 34.93 points, or 0.29 per cent, to 11,807.43 and the Nasdaq composite ...

Iron Ore price jumps 85 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
For a country that complains about paying record high oil prices, Australia is set to enjoy an export revenue bonanza as it exploits shortages in world food, commodities and resources. Yesterday the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... 5,408.9. NEW YORK - US stocks finished mixed following heavy losses at the end of last week as investors girded for an interest rate policy meeting of the Federal Reserve amid troubled economic times. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended down a slight ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
The Australian share market was lower at noon, despite a positive US lead, after oil stocks suffered on a falling oil price and concerns lingered about the state of credit markets. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 38.8 points, or ...

CFS takes infrastructure to the front line

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... CFS' high growth option boasts a 10 per cent exposure in the space. Echoing the fund manager's and investors' increasing interest in the sector, CFS last month opened the doors of its Global Infrastructure Fund to the retail market. Peter Meany, head ...

Perpetual Series 3 still tax effective

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
... Perpetual clarified the tax effectiveness of its Protected Investments - Series 3 after the federal government changed the interest rate deductibility of capital protected borrowings. The firm's Protected Investments - Series 3 allows investors to gear ...

Mortgage arrears hit all-time high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
... indicate that more borrowers are enduring more repayment stress. This is likely to be the result of the increases in interest rates, seasonal impact of the Christmas/New-Year period, and general increases to the cost of living, they said. Despite the ...

Housing affordability report fails to deliver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
... following the release of the report the major talking point was not the report itself but the old chestnut that housing interest rates for first home buyers should be tax deductible. Housing minister Tanya Plibersek sought to quickly hose down the issue ...

BT raises savings for term deposits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... the benefits of superannuation and banking together so investors can easily manage and control their savings in a high interest, online effective tax environment.

Mums-and-dads want investing made simple

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
A comprehensive two-year study of retail and institutional investors in the US has found there is still a great divide between how mums-and-dads invest as opposed to their insto counterparts. The findings were from a University of Queensland Business ...