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Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... Street. At 0650 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 30 points at 5,748. Wall Street stocks fell one per cent on a strengthening US dollar despite news of Charter Communication's $US78.7 billion ($A100.6 billion) deal ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... 56.8 points, to 5,721.5. Shanghai surged 3.35 per cent, or 156.20 points, to 4,813.80 as traders moved into undervalued stocks. Hong Kong and Seoul were closed for public holidays. Fed chief Janet Yellen said on Friday she expects to raise rates from ...

Retirees urged to add stocks

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... pronounced." He said all symptoms presented in the paper, Reducing inflation risk during retirement: The compelling case for stocks, lead to a similar analysis being made in Australia. Matterson said this can be made through an intuitive look at Australia's ...

Shares higher on US rate outlook

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
The Australian share market is higher as investors return to high yield stocks, including the major banks. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said stocks were also supported by comments from US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that the Federal ...

Market lower as Wall Street falls

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... falls on Wall Street on Friday. The June share price index futures contract was down nine points at 5,6732. On Friday, US stocks finished lower after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the plan to raise interest rates this year was on track. Locally ...

Share market flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... opened higher, continuing the positive momentum from Thursday after positive overseas leads. The big miners and energy stocks led the market higher. "We got the leads from overseas which were okay, but I think more importantly than that, it's carrying ...

US golden opportunity for listed infrastructure

ALEX BURKE, LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... changed its position to neutral, following the fall in oil prices. "What we're seeing now is that the [pipeline companies'] stocks have underperformed and the sector is starting to look more attractive from a valuation stand point compared to other sub ...

PROFILE: PM Capital CIO Paul Moore

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... ever since. Moore likes to keep his portfolios very focused - "My brain starts to shut down when I have to look at tons of stocks," he says - and then he holds stocks for a long time. "It takes 10 or 15 years for stocks to go from deep under-valuation ...

Market to open higher after Wall Street record high

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... 18,285.74. Electronics retailer Best Buy also surged after its first quarter earnings beat forecasts. LONDON - European stocks rose slightly at the close as Wall Street also edged up, while dealers speculated over the exact timing of a hike in US interest ...

Universities at fossil fuel divestment frontlines

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... political system presents challenges from a local perspective: "When the ANU announced it was divesting $16 million from mining stocks - it wasn't a huge amount, but the negative reaction we saw from the media and Government was clear proof of our own ...