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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Australian shares are likely to open lower after global equity markets and commodities slumped overnight on concerns that the economic recovery will take longer than hoped to take hold. At 0830 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... Smith asked. Australia's major banks mostly were higher, exception for Westpac which fell seven cents to $25.63. Commonwealth Bank gained 20 cents to $56.84, ANZ Banking Group advanced 25 cents, or 1.08 per cent to $23.45, and National Australia Bank ...

Japanese history lesson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
Better late then never. Belated 20th anniversary greetings to the Japanese stock market! But I sincerely doubt whether Mr. and Mrs. Watanabe will be in the mood for celebrations - the exact same mood they felt during the first anniversary, the second ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US and European stocks and commodity prices gained overnight. At 0650 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 33 points higher at 4,876. In economics news ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... December quarter earnings reports on Tuesday and Wednesday by Citigroup before the opening bell in New York on Tuesday, and Bank of America and Wells Fargo on Wednesday. Last Friday's earnings report from JPMorgan made investors wary, he said. "Although ...

iPhone app targets home hunters

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
St.George Bank is making the most out of the iPhone revolution with a new home loan iPhone app. Using technology to gain more customers is not a new tactic - but St.George is specifically targeting house hunters with the release of its Home Loan Calculator ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... slightly higher, lifted by most of the big banks which were boosted by an upgraded profit forecast from the Commonwealth Bank late on Friday. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 11.5 points, or 0.23 per cent, to 4,911.1 points, while the broader All ...

Bonds need a double dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
It cannot be denied that risk assets trounced defensive ones in 2009 - and by a long shot - as investor optimism surrounding the global recovery gathered pace. But as 2009 became 2010, investors seemed not too sure. Suddenly investors are not so sure ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... adviser, Jon Hancock, said the overall market was proving resilient in the face of lower commodity prices and US investment bank JPMorgan's December quarter loss in retail banking announced on Friday. "The market is quite resilient given the results ...

Applications open for investment consulting program

IMCA ANNOUNCEMENT  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... qualification after completing the program and passing a four-hour exam. The program will run from September 5-10 at the Reserve Bank's HC Coombs Training Centre, Kirribilli. For more information, visit www.imca.org.au.