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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher following overnight gains on Wall Street. The September share price index futures contract is up 18 points at 5,595. Enthusiasm about Apple's latest product launches have propelled US stocks higher ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower following a sell-off on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all ended more than half a per cent lower overnight after the closely-watched Apple product launch did little to excite ...

FRBSF takes on Jackson Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Thank you FRBSF! Join me Virginia, in thanking the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (yup, that's what the FRBSF stands for) for its recently-released economic research titled, "Assessing Expectations of Monetary Policy". Thank the FRBSF for bringing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open lower following falls on Wall Street overnight. The September share price index futures contract is down 18 point at 5,585. Wall Street stocks have fallen, pulled down by major banks after the Federal Reserve ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
The share market is slightly higher as investors snap up bargains after four consecutive days of falls. "It's probably as expected, which is to finally see a little bit of support considering the sell-off that we've seen," IG market strategist Evan ...

Super returns dip but still strong

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
The SelectingSuper MySuper and Workplace rolling 12 month performance index fell during July to return 10.6% compared to 12.7% at end June and 11.7% at end May. Rainmaker, which conducts the research for SelectingSuper, noted that three year super fund ...

No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
The nine distinguished men and women that comprise the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets today to deliberate on monetary policy settings apropos (wooh-hoo, big word) for Australia given current domestic and international dynamics. Pardon ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped for a flat start ahead of a major week of data that will indicate how the economy is travelling. The September share price index futures contract is down two points at 5,613. Locally on Monday, the Australian Bureau ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
The Australian stock market has opened flat despite reports that Russian that are actively fighting in eastern Ukraine spooking markets overnight. All major US and European markets lost ground overnight as NATO said at least 1,00 Russian troops were ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
Australian stocks are headed for a weaker finish, with investors unwilling to maintain the recent run of rising prices amid a range of headwinds. Worries about Europe's poorly performing economies and whether or not central bank stimulus will be announced ...