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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open stronger after US stocks powered to record highs. At 0754 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was 38 points higher at 5,002 points, with 3,250 contracts traded. In economic news on Thursday ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
The Australian share market has opened flat despite a lift in overseas markets overnight. Early trading was marked by a massive 30 per cent drop in the shares of troubled surfwear retailer Billabong. Billabong said after the market had closed on Tuesday ...

Zenith reaffirms RFM livestock fund recommendation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
Zenith has reaffirmed its 'recommended' rating for the Rural Funds Management StockBank fund, following an annual review. StockBank uses assets unit holders' investments to purchase livestock to fully stock empty land on Australian farms. Returns are ...

Missing the forest for the trees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
Another day...another fresh record for the Dow. But... but, wasn't it only last week that financial markets were almost peeing their pants because America has turned the corner back into cactusville yet again? Remember what the headlines told us last ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
Australian stocks look set to open stronger after gains on Wall Street and European markets. At 0657 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was 11 points higher at 4,980 points, with 4,710 contracts traded. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

No promises, promises for Kuroda

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open stronger after gains on Wall Street. At 0646 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was 18 points higher at 4,929 points, with 3,091 contracts traded. In economic news on Tuesday, the NAB ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
Australian shares have opened slightly higher, buoyed by resource stocks. IG Markets Stan Shamu said resource stocks were benefiting from a rise in commodity prices following disappointing US employment data, which had pushed the US dollar lower. "The ...

Gearing strategies not just for retirees

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
Investors with many years to run until their retirement should consider the benefits of gearing strategies, according to Bendigo Wealth. According to Julie McKay, Bendigo Wealth senior manager of technical and research, gearing - or borrowing money ...

2011 and 2012 Redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013