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Sentiment stirs bad mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
OMG! We're in big trouble now - very...big...trouble. Didn't I tell you Virginia? Financial markets see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear? The Dow dropped by more than 100 points -- it's about one per cent in percentage terms but ...

Penny for Benny's thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
Beep...beep...beep. Should have just slept in this morning given the bo-ring action on Wall Street overnight. "U.S. Stocks Retreat as Commodity Shares Drop, Banks Advance" was the headline on Bloomberg as it tried to justify the 0.1 per cent slip - ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
The Australian share market remained firmly in positive territory at noon with strong gains in the financial and resources sectors. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 75.7 points, or 1.63 per cent, at 4,710.8, while the broader All ...

Challenger income and index fund boost profit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
Challenger Financial Services saw net profit after tax (NPAT) rise in the first half of the financial year thanks to strong returns from its life company division and the expansion of its product offering. The firm's normalised NPAT rose nine per cent ...

Baby steps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
Tiger and the Fed - no not Roger -- were the weekend's biggest news. "I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behaviour," Tiger apologised to the world to try to get normality back into his life - not to mention to get endorsement juices ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
Australian shares are likely to open higher on Monday led by Wall Street and after gains among commodity and metal prices. At 0726 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 58 points higher at 4,666 points. In economic ...

Prison sentence for finance fraudster

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
Hugh Charles Gordon, the former head of Newcastle investment company Whet Investments, was sentenced to 18 months jail, for fraud. Gordon, of Redheads, New South Wales, will be released after serving eleven months but will have to enter into a recognizance ...

Market Wrap - Midday

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
The Australian bourse was marginally higher at noon after a directionless morning of trade. At 1203 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16.3 points, or 0.35 per cent, at 4,671.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 16.9 points, or ...

Mortgage trust managers have lots of questions to answer

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
Mortgage fund managers have spent the past couple of days in damage control, reassuring planners and investors that the assets of their funds are secure. These moves come in the wake of the announcement by Colonial First State on Tuesday that it would ...

In the eyes of the beholder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
It makes a great deal of difference, doesn't it? It just depends where you look. Just a week ago, nothing - absolutely nothing - could seemingly ease market nerves about the fate of the global economy and the financial markets. There were renewed stirrings ...