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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... market is in positive territory, but finding resistance against any sizeable gains. Despite a strong lead from US and European markets, higher iron ore prices and speculation that global miner BHP Billiton is considering demerging some assets, the market ...

Better than good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... good, bad and so-so -- but looking at the headlines: S&P 500 Rises to Record as Consumer, Tech Shares Rally (Bloomberg) European Stocks Advance as U.S. Manufacturing Accelerates (Bloomberg) Emerging-Market Stocks Set for Longest Gain in 15 Months (Bloomberg) ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... more. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets slid, with traders saying many investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of a European Central Bank interest rate decision. London's FTSE 100 ended down 0.26 per cent at 6,598.37 points. In Paris, the CAC 40 fell ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... financial markets play the waiting game. Investors' attention would be on what the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the European Central Bank (ECB) would do after they met and deliberated on monetary policy this week... and Japan and China and America. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... shares are trading flat as investors weigh stronger commodity prices against falls across global markets. Wall Street and European markets dropped overnight, while Asian markets have also started Friday lower, following mixed economic data from the US. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... concerns over Ukraine came to the fore and traders cashed in profits from the recent rally. Wall Street followed the European markets lower at the opening bell, but pared losses later in the session following positive data on jobs and growth in the world's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
Australian stocks have opened higher, following gains on European and US markets overnight. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said the rally on global markets came after several days of weakness. He said European markets recorded ...

BRICs without BRI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... Russia, India and China. They were all the rage back then, back when they were defying the gravity of the GFC and the European sovereign debt crisis and all the other mini crises in-between over the past few years. They were, to borrow ol' blue eyes ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following Wall Street and European markets which rebounded on regional economic data and European Central Bank talk that looser monetary policy could be in the offing. At 0810 AEDT on Wednesday, the June ...

Low volatility investing exploits low risk anomaly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... investment risks by its nature leads to high returns leads to too many investors taking unnecessary risks, said a major European investment manager. Frank Wirds, client portfolio manager at the Netherlands-based investment manager Robeco said while it ...