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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... resources-linked companies, which have been hit hard in recent days, were leading the broader market higher at the start of trade. Gold stocks were up 3.5 per cent, while the metals and minerals sector had risen 2.6 per cent. RBS Morgans private client ...

May's not far away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... in the USA after the Boston bombings and North Korea's nuclear intimidation. Oh yeah, and of course, there's the slump in gold and other commodities and the price of carbon (interpreted as slowing demand equals lower factory and business operations equals ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... per cent and the S&P500 off 1.43 per cent. Moreover, futures contract prices for key commodities such as oil, copper and gold all finished lower in New York trading. Making news, Wesfarmers said total sales at Coles supermarkets rose 6.4 per cent in ...

Global cooling on carbon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
If you think gold's recent swan dive was unnerving, spare a thought for those who bought carbon credits - that's where the climate change has really happened. Gold has recouped some of its losses over the past two trading sessions, but it remains 26.9% ...

Collapse does not signal end of gold party

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
The recent fall in the price of gold is only temporary and does not signal the end of the bull rally, according to ETF Securities country head Danny Laidler. The price of gold fell to a two-year low on Monday following the biggest single day percentage ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... $32.42. "BHP gave quite a reasonable quarterly number," Ms Chan said. However, Rio Tinto was down three cents at $54.95. Gold futures contract prices ended higher in offshore trading, and the spot price of gold in Sydney was at $US1,374.10 per ounce ...

Boston Bombs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
It started with the gold rush...to the exits, then China growth disappointment - which turned the sell gold (and other commodities) marathon into a sprint - and now this, America's attacked once more. I woke up to the news that two bombs had exploded ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... Monday, sending the broad-market S&P 500 down more than 2.0 per cent. Amid sharp sell-offs in commodities such as oil and gold, the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 265.86 points (1.79 per cent) to 14,599.20. The S&P 500 index dropped 36.49 (2.30 ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... stocks and falls in commodity prices. The big miners weigh heavily on the ASX and were leading the broader market lower after gold prices were particularly hit hard in offshore trading after Australian businesses closed on Friday. The price of gold reached ...

Don't sell your fixed income investments: JBWere

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... ways they could help protect clients recent equity market returns such as via term deposits, government bonds, hard assets, gold, uncorrelated investment funds and currency plays. She also highlighted the ongoing need for prudent portfolio management ...