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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today, after Wall Street securities fell overnight, while commodities markets were mixed. At 0721 AEST, the local September share price index futures contract was down 22 points at 4,425. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
The Australian market was lower at noon, with energy and consumer discretionary stocks down, particularly News Corporation, offsetting gains among healthcare and gold-linked companies. At 1215 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 1.1 points ...

Class Super adds actuarial SMSF service

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
Self managed super fund administration provider Class Super is using cloud computing to offer automated actuarial certificate data transfers for SMSF clients. Class Super, developed by Class Financial Systems, said it will provide real time access to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
The Australian market is expected to open higher after US stocks rose in the last hour of trading after Google said its revenue hit a record last quarter. At 0735 AEST on the ASX 24 on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up ...

You can't handle the truth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
Stressed out with debts and the financial markets? Better pop some more pills into your system - more is in store. If it's too good to be true, it's usually a stretch. There was good news - fantabolous news --out of debt-drowning Europe after the close ...

Continuum sees value as active managers scrape past benchmark

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
Continuum Capital Management has value opportunities in its short-term sights after Mercer confirmed its aggressive Australian shares strategy as the best performing long only fund last financial year. The Australian share market posted an overall return ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
The Australian sharemarket remained weaker at noon as BHP Billiton led losses in the resource sector and retailers continued to drop in value. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 20 points, or 0.49 per cent, at 4,468.9, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... broader All Ordinaries index dropped 21.9 points, or 0.48 per cent, to 4,561.3. NEW YORK - Remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that dimmed hopes for a third round of bond-buying pushed stocks lower. In a second day of testimony, Bernanke ...

QE3 - yes, no, maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
So what's the fuss all about? Wall Street dropped last night because they didn't like what came out of Sir Ben's mouth on his second day of testimony on Capitol Hill. This is what Sir Ben told Congress on the first day of his testimony: "The possibility ...

Credit hits the fan as Moody's puts US on downgrade watch

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... agency Moody's Investors Service has placed the US on a review for possible downgrade prompting US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke to issue dire warnings on the global impact a US debt default would have. US lawmakers have been debating whether ...