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Twisting the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
Twisted! This was Wall Street's reaction to the US Federal Reserve's remake of the 1961 version of US President John F. Kennedy and the then Fed's attempt to salvage America. The major US equity indices fell big time - the Dow closed 2.5% off, the S&P ...

Glimmer of hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... government proves that it it's meeting its deficit reduction targets. Noticed anything? Yes, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Yup, the same uncertainty that causes volatility that prompts a crisis in confidence in financial markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open modestly higher, following in the footsteps of US stocks. At 0703 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up four points at 4085. In economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac/Melbourne ...

FUM market slides back to $1.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... said slow growth in the pooled investment market has seen cash holdings as bank deposits, now at a sky high $1.5 trillion, stay above aggregate FUM for the past five quarters pushing the total for the combined sectors through the $3 trillion barrier. ...

Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... not allow its currency to appreciate beyond 1.20 Swiss francs to the euro. Times like these, the prudent thing to do is to stay on the defensive until visibility becomes clearer and until fiscal and monetary authorities are able to take concrete, credible ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... both broad-market indices dipped into the negative territory just before noon AEST. "People thought the jobless rate would stay stable at 5.1 per cent," RBS Morgans private client adviser Craig Walker said. "So that news was probably a little disappointing. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... 4.0 per cent on Monday, but most began to slide in the afternoon. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies managed to stay in positive territory, climbing 1.06 per cent to 5,156.84 points. In Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.13 per cent to 2,965.64 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... lot of very bad news on the day and it is still holding above 105 US cents." Mr Callow said market players were expected to stay on the sidelines between now and the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) interest rate decision, due at 1430 AEST. While an ...

Trouble building in the housing market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... political (ie electoral) implications that could really cause trouble would be if people give up trying to buy a home and instead stay on the rental merry-go-round or even worse, they turn to public housing. Painting the backdrop for the supply-demand ...

SMSFs cash deposits reflect volatility

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
SMSFs trustees are hesitant investors with too much focus on cash deposits, moving $40 billion into cash products since 2009, according to a report from Vanguard and Investment Trends. This 'wall of cash', as the report calls it, has developed over ...