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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat after a lacklustre finish on Thursday and an unriveting performance on Wall Street where stocks lifted slightly. At 0840 AEDT on Friday, the share price index futures contract was up four points at 5,894. ...

Majority slammed (again), equities dunked, A$ fouled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
"First, you think I'm going left. But I don't. So now you're thinking, am I going to go right or even confuse him by going left. So I go left again. Now you think I'm finally gonna go right but what I'm really gonna do is... and slam!" - Kevin Bacon ...

Tme to get fiscal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
"If I listened long enough to you I'd find a way to believe that it's all true..." - Tim Hardin Data releases over the past few weeks have vindicated the "crisis" duo of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his cigar-smoking Treasurer Joe Hockey. ...

Investor sentiment shifting overseas

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
Deflation, rising debt and dampening economic outlooks that are limiting returns expectations are forcing investors to pursue more positive opportunities overseas rather than invest in Australia. Australia is becoming less attractive because even though ...

Breathing space or gasping room?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
"ATHENS - After nearly two weeks of tense negotiations, Greece and its troika of foreign creditors said Monday that they had clinched an agreement on economic measures that Athens must enforce to secure the release of further crucial rescue money." ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell following mixed US housing data, a lacklustre reading on inflation and indications the Federal Reserve is in no hurry to raise interest rates. At 0900 AEDT on Thursday, the March share ...

Assistant Treasurer backs PM under fire

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has thrown his support behind Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who faces a leadership spill vote on Tuesday. In a doorstop interview with the nation's media, the Federal Member for Kooyong stood up to immense media pressure ...

Happy Australian dollar Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
Australians all, let us rejoice for exactly on the day we celebrated our national day, the A-dollar dropped to US$0.7855 - its lowest level since July 2009 - bringing it closer to the US$0.75 mark that would make RBA Governor Glenn Stevens a happy little ...

One third of first home buyers are investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
Contrary to first home buyers being frozen out of the residential property market, evidence is mounting that many of them are just shifting how they access the market. Concerns about first home buyers (FHB) being denied access to the residential property ...

Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos resigns

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014
Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has resigned from the ministry. The decision is expected to trigger a ministerial reshuffle. The decision paves the way for Prime Minister Tony Abbott to reshuffle his frontbench as early as this weekend. "I will ...