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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a positive lead from international markets after data showed a pickup in US job creation. At 0812 AEDT on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 5,417. Payrolls ...

Better than good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... rosy outlook on the financial market outlook it seems. Reports out last night revealed that manufacturing activity in America strengthened in March from February but... was less than markets expected; in Europe, March activity in the sector dipped to ...

Considerable time to eliminate considerable slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... 17.1% back in 2010, the current reading remains far above the 8% rate pre-GFC and even higher than the 10.3% top hit after America's recession in 2001. "Stagnant wages" - check. Average weekly earnings in the private sector came in at 1.3% in the year ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite strong gains on Wall Street after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen was dovish about the US economy's recovery. At 0855 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up four points ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... European Central Bank (ECB) would do after they met and deliberated on monetary policy this week... and Japan and China and America. It's easy pickings for the RBA. Governor Glen would more likely than not... not change interest rates.A Not after he's ...

Bubbling bubble?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
With one more trading day left to go, seems like Q1 would end... nowhere. There were some fresh data out of the US overnight but they provided nada direction for Wall Street. The third estimate of US real GDP growth was revised higher from an annual ...

Australian investors optimistic of hitting financial goals

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... potential for higher returns and currency appreciation. For example, select bond markets in Asia, peripheral Europe and Latin America offer compelling value and yet are not on the radar of many local investors."

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher following a solid lead from markets in the United States and easing concern over Ukraine. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the Australian bourse had opened in a veritable sea of green. ...

NZ Super Fund invests in N American energy

PAUL MCBETH, AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... remainder going into the KKR Energy Income and Growth Fund, which focuses on unconventional gas and oil resources in North America. Matt Whineray, the fund's general manager of investments, A said the move seeks to latch on to the opportunity thrown ...

High net worth assets grow to $1.4 trillion

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... interest in global equities, with half of all HNW investors having exposure to foreign markets, particularly in North America. "However," Helmes added, "when you look at what proportion of total HNW assets is invested in overseas markets it is only 6 ...