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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... per cent, at 4,502.2. NEW YORK - US stocks sank in the second day of losses after President Barack Obama's re-election victory, trimming another one per cent after Wednesday's huge rout. At the closing bell the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 120.95 ...

Obama victory ignites fiscal cliff fears

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... quarrel surrounding the US fiscal cliff looks set to become the focal point for investors after Barrack Obama's narrow victory in the presidential race. President Obama's priority is to secure a budget deal with the US Congress to avoid automatic spending ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... points, or 0.68 per cent, at 4,534.2. NEW YORK - US stock markets have tumbled after President Barack Obama's re-election victory set up a tough battle with Republicans over a looming "fiscal cliff". In the first six minutes of trade on Wednesday, the ...

Poisoned chalice awaits next US president

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... Obama re-election will give a boost to hospital, pharmaceutical, green energy and infrastructure stocks while a Romney victory will see coal, railroad, bank, defence and auto stocks climb. However, the equity expert maintains that investors looking for ...

Schroders wins top fund manager award

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... recognition for the hard work the investment team has done over the past years. He attributes Shroders second top prize victory to the investment team's philosophy of trying to look through the cycle, irrespective of the asset class, and take a longer ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... economist Su-Lin Ong, Colonial First State's Head of Investment Markets Research Stephen Halmarick. In equities news, Victory Mining Ltd is due to list on the ASX and Collins Foods holds its annual general meeting in Brisbane. In Australia, the market ...

Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... severe austerity measures being imposed on them and the depression their wrecking on the economy. And need I mention the victory of anti-austerity crusader Francois Hollande in France. The problem: what if 'savees' fail to comply with austerity conditions? ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... California gadget maker was awarded $US1.05 billion ($A1.01 billion) in damages for patent infringement in a US court victory over Samsung on Friday, in one of the biggest patent cases in decade. LONDON - European stock markets moved higher despite a ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... surging past the "request for bailout mark" of 7%. Boo! Last week, it was Greece's turn. Markets got what they wanted - a victory by the pro-bailout, pro-austerity party. Same old, same old. The hoorays gave way to boos in no time. It could be because ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... 284 shares up, 524 down and 347 unchanged. On Wall Street on Monday, stocks closed mixed as traders rapidly digested the victory of pro-euro parties in Greece's election and focused on the next hurdle in Europe's marathon economic crisis. An earlier ...