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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... a lacklustre response to the strong lead from Wall Street on Tuesday. US stocks surged strongly on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average packing on 322.11 points (2.97 per cent) to finish at 11,176.76. The broader S&P 500 leaped 38.53 points ...

Black swans test strength of portfolio construction

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... and looking at the standard deviations from the centre of the bell curve. Having analysed 20,215 trading days of the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1928 to 2009, there should have been very few days where returns were higher or lower than three standard ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... dramatic comeback after a stunning fall on Thursday, in another day of extreme volatility in markets around the world. The Dow Jones Industrial Average battled back from Wednesday's 520-point loss with a 3.94 per cent gain, adding 423.37 points to close ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... the gains of Tuesday's rebound as European debt troubles and worries of a new US recession kept investors nervous. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 519.83 points (4.62 per cent) to 10,719.94 at closing, compared to its 430-point gain on Tuesday. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... the gains of Tuesday's rebound as European debt troubles and worries of a new US recession kept investors nervous. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 519.83 points (4.62 per cent) to 10,719.94 at closing, compared to its 430-point gain on Tuesday. ...

Stocks rally hard as Australia deemed a bargain buy

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... to US economic weakness Three Fed members reportedly voted against the action while seven voted for it. Overnight The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 429.92 points or 3.98% to 11,239.8 while the S&P 500 index finished up 53.07 points or 4.74% ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... nearly four per cent after plummeting Monday on the shock of Standard & Poor's downgrade of the US credit rating. The Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 blue-chip stocks added 429.92 points, or 3.98 per cent, to 11,239.77. The broader S&P 500 climbed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... Friday, reacted badly to the call. Stocks in London, Paris, Frankfurt and New York felt the effects, with Wall Street's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing at a new 10-month low after posting the index's steepest one-day drop since 2008. Making news ...

Stocks in freefall on recession fears, banks cut mortgage rates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... authorities hamstrung by monetary policies too loose to react effectively, experts said. On Wall Street overnight the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 634.76 points or 5.55% to 10,809.80 while the S&P/500 Index fell 79.92 points or 6.66% to 1119.46. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... 113 points, or 2.71 per cent, to 4,056.7. NEW YORK - US stocks plummeted more than five per cent on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing 634 points, after Standard & Poor's dealt the United States an unprecedented downgrade. The Dow was ...