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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
The Australian share market is set to open higher after Wall Street rose on news Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi would resign once a new budget was passed. At 0829 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 56 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
Australian stocks were firmer at noon, but the market has eased back from the half a per cent gain at the start of the local trading day as investors look towards the unfolding situation in Europe. At 1210 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up ...

Hero to Zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
A week may not be all that much in the whole scheme of things, but a week was long enough for Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to turn from hero to zero. Hero. All seemed well after the night of 27 October. Every finance minister and his dog literally ...

Govt infra paper opens investment doors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
The Government has announced plans to remove tax disincentives and encourage more private investment in infrastructure projects in a bid to entice investments into the local market. As stated in a discussion paper on the 2011-12 Budget measure introducing ...

Bear killer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
It was so predictably predictable. What is? The Greek-IMF-EU-ECB and Germany tragedy currently showing at your nearest screens. Greece will meet its budget target, until it doesn't. The country's Finance Ministry revealed that Greece will not, will ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following the overnight trend of Wall Street. At 0630 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up 14 points at 4,020. In economic news on Friday, the federal government releases ...

Harvard defies critics with 21% return

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
Harvard Management Company, the entity that manages Harvard Endowment Fund's assets, has again defied its critics and posted a stunning 21.4% return for the 12 months to end June 2011, bringing their 20-year average annual return to almost 13%. The ...

Global forecast downgraded, Australia strong

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
The IMF's September World Economic Outlook has downgraded its global growth forecasts but has predicted that the Australian economy will grow by 3.3% in 2012, with its forecast for global advanced economies at only 1.9%. The IMF's September World Economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open little changed - or lower if it follows the slides on international markets overnight. At 0651 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,106. In economic news on Tuesday ...

Damned to default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
Seen on Bloomberg this morning: "Greece Default Risk Jumps to 98%" (over the next five years). Duh! I don't know what financial markets have been smoking but as far I'm concerned Greek's been cactus ever since it's debt-to-GDP ratio hit 140% and real ...