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Commodities boom over: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... argued that a continuation of the Fed's quantitative easing policy should support fresh highs in precious metals such as gold and silver, Rider believes gold prices could weaken if inflation is held in check by sustained excess capacity. "A more aggressive ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... S&P500 falling 0.52 per cent and the NASDAQ ended down 0.3 per cent. Also, futures contract prices for key commodities such as gold, silver and oil settled lower in US trading. Mr Heffernan said some investors may have chosen to take profits following ...

Obama re-election to boost healthcare and banking stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... easing. "The net result of such a policy may well be a continuing of the four-year trend in favour of 'hard assets' such as gold and silver, a possibility that investors may wish to consider as they plan for the future," he explained. The Democrat win ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... Australia's lottery and Keno services for the next 40 years. Tatts was up 5.5 cents, or 1.94 per cent, at $2.885. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,749.50 per fine ounce, down 65 US cents from Monday's local close of $US1,750.15 per ounce. National ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... federal public servants were told to bring work forward and clear backlogs in readiness for a possible poll in early 2013. Gold stocks were the market's best-performing sector at the open, rising 1.54 per cent, according to IRESS data. The metals and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... with the Dow 0.06 per cent lower, but the S&P500 up 0.07 per cent and the NASDAQ 0.02 per cent higher. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,726.80 per fine ounce, down $US6.84 from Tuesday's local close of $US1,733.64 per ounce. National turnover ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... November board meeting minutes, at 1130 AEST, and a speech from its governor Glenn Stevens, at 1915 AEDT. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,730.20 per fine ounce, up $US7.51 from Monday's local close of $US1,722.69 per ounce. National turnover ...

Planners ignore EMs when advising clients

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
Most financial planners have never mentioned emerging markets to their clients, said a Goldman Sachs Asset Management Survey. Of the more than 1000 "active" investors surveyed, 83% said that their financial planner had never mentioned investing in countries ...

New hires to oversee $2 billion project pipeline

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... that AMP Capital Shopping Centres now has the strongest possible team to lead major redevelopments at Pacific Fair on the Gold Coast, Macquarie Centre and Marrickville Metro in Sydney and Garden City Booragoon and Ocean Keys in Perth. Kirkland has over ...

GSAM joins transaction network

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
Goldman Sachs Asset Management Australia's funds are live on the independent cross-border transaction network Calastone. Calastone said that it is the only venue where the global fund industry can meet to send and receive order messages regardless of ...