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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... will finally announce QE (stimulus) during their monthly meeting later this week is continuing to drive investors into stocks. In addition a weak euro combined with low oil prices is stirring hopes that a sustained recovery for the eurozone isn't far ...

So sure it's certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... disappoint markets. It won't feel lucky punks. Financial markets would take the first hit - the euro would start rising, stocks would fall and credit spreads would widen. Promises just won't cut it anymore. But then again, with this 101% level of certainty ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... and European sharemarkets. The March share price index futures contract was up 76 points at 5,307. On Friday, Wall Street stocks gained one per cent as oil prices rebounded, snapping a five-day losing streak that had left the equity market looking oversold ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... $10.45 after the insurance industry rating agency AM Best lifted its outlook for the company. On Wall street on Thursday, stocks fell for a fifth straight day following disappointing US bank earnings and the Swiss bank's move. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... analyst Steven Daghlian said the ASX had followed the US lead, while a slide in commodity prices had weighed on resources stocks. Copper prices overnight slumped more than 5% to their lowest level since 2009. Daghlian said the market was on track for ...

Platinum backs US internet stocks and Asian infrastructure

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... in China and India. In a quarterly update to shareholders the billionaire investor said he was surprised that internet stocks like Oracle, Cisco and Intel had become neglected by the wider market. "Each has its own threats regarding substitution but ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... following a fall of almost one per cent on Wall Street on Friday and even larger falls on European markets. Mining and energy stocks were the weakest performers on the local market as commodity prices dropped on Friday, CommSec market analyst Stephen ...

Santa's bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
... these is the US Federal Reserve's continued withdrawal of policy stimulation. The big dump of biotechs and social media stocks; Putin and Crimea and Ukraine (which by the by, made us worry about RISING oil prices); Israel/Palestine war, ISIS and QE end. ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... Rainmaker data shows. A market more at the whims of central bankers than company fundamentals has made things tough for stocks-pickers in recent years, and now the numbers are coming through to prove it. Data from S&P Dow Jones Indices shows that the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite a surge on Wall Street where stocks rebounded from a sell-off in energy shares after positive retail and unemployment data came out. At 0645 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures ...