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AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
The sharemarket is lower as the crisis in Ukraine worsens, causing investors to practice extreme caution. Ukraine is on the brink of war with Russia, which is threatening to invade Ukraine in the wake of the ouster of Kremlin-backed president Viktor ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
The Australian sharemarket has opened flat after a record session on Wall Street and a rise in the iron ore price. The US broad-based S&P 500 reached a new high, gaining 0.49 per cent to 1854.29, passing the previous high mark set in January. CommSec ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... National turnover was 367.4 million securities worth $970.1 million. AAP gr/cdh SYDNEY, Feb 25 AAP - The Australian sharemarket has opened higher after solid overnight leads from Wall Street. An accelerating February rally has helped the US broad-based ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
The Australian sharemarket has opened stronger due to record Chinese credit growth, a strong lead from Wall Street and better-than-expected domestic earnings season. CMC Markets chief analyst Ric Spooner said the weekend announcement of record credit ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
The Australian sharemarket has opened slightly higher after Telstra lifted its first half profit by almost 10%. Telstra on Thursday morning announced a profit of $1.7 billion for the six months to December 31, up from $1.56 billion a year ago. "Clearly ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
The Australian sharemarket has staged a moderate recovery to buck a negative lead from the US overnight. After spending three consecutive days in the red, stocks were up two-thirds of a per cent soon after the open. This is despite Wall Street having ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
The Australian sharemarket has bounced back slightly after Tuesday's heavy losses. On Tuesday local stocks suffered their heaviest losses since August after nervous investors reacted to a sharp fall in US manufacturing activity growth. Options Xpress ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... said there was a question mark among investors over the extent of the rally in the US markets. "And perhaps the local sharemarket is more focused on troubled emerging markets," he said. Concerns over the world's second-biggest economy China were sparked ...

Brookvine inks US micro cap deal

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... overall asset allocation strategy." Brookvine chief executive Steven Hall added: "One of the least contentious issues in sharemarket investing is that company size matters. Over a full market cycle a well diversified portfolio of high quality micro cap ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
The sharemarket is higher after Turkey's move to head off a potential domestic crisis boosted global investor confidence and dampened fears about troubles in emerging markets. A major drag on equities recently has been concerns about a slowdown in emerging ...