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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
... "That has a ripple effect across all economies and markets." Saly said the rate cut had significantly boosted the US stock market overnight, which had flowed on to the local bourse. Overnight, the US Federal Reserve cut its base federal funds rate by ...

Return of the 'R' word

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
The Aussie market today can expect more bruises, as it seems that no sooner do the bandages come off that the markets cop another battering from somewhere else. US stock markets were mauled again on Friday by more bad news, this time from a surprise ...

Risky business

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... were treading water, unchanged at 4.72 per cent but 2-yr bonds yields sank 8bp to 4.29 per cent. Overnight the US stock market took a nasty spill towards the end of trading with the S&P 500 dropping 1.4 per cent to close 1406.7. Year to date this leaves ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
... COMEX. Base metal prices are the three month PM kerb close on the London Metal Exchange. NEW YORK - The broader US stock market fell overnight, with investors anxious that troubles in the subprime mortgage market may spread. But optimism about earnings ...

Daily Economic Update

The US stock market continued to rally in overnight trade supported by indications that consumer spending would remain buoyant. The final reading of the University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment increased to 81.6 during the month from 74.2 ...

Hedge funds achieve modest gains for September: Van Hedge Fund Advisors

Despite the fact that all major US stock market benchmarks were down last month, hedge funds continued to generate seventh-straight month of modest gains for the Van Global Hedge Fund Index. Van Hedge Fund Advisors (VAN) has said that seven out of ten ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks sag, bonds soar on weak data

Jittery US stock markets fell further, and bond prices jumped, following a slew of surprisingly weak economic data and a downbeat earnings forecast from a tech sector bellwether. The Dow Jones industrial average ended the day 105.2 points (1.1%) lower ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks, dollar lower on recovery concerns

US stock markets pulled back overnight, with mobile phone giant Nokia warning of revenue weakness in the third quarter and as a growing number of investors begin to question the strength of the broader corporate earnings recovery. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Investment Analysis: The small cap explosion

... nominal terms. Dr Pereira identified the performance of six categories of stocks over the 75 year period in the US stock market which confirmed the overwhelmingly higher returns achieved by small capitalisation value stocks, while small capitalisation ...