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Caterpillar economy turns into a butterfly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... a pretty butterfly. Not only that... here's what Bloomberg recommended I read next "based on my reading history", U.S. Stocks Rise With Dollar, Bonds Drop on Growth Bets Jobless Claims in U.S. at 14-Year Low Over Past Month Leading Indicators Index Shows ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... overnight. At 0704 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up 17 points points at 5,389. Wall Street stocks rose more than one per cent following a series of mostly strong earnings reports from Dow members Caterpillar, 3M ...

Retail funds deny relying on passive investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... Currently, there is ambiguity around the meaning of the word 'active', with some funds using it to mean actively picking stocks, and others using it to mean actively managing exposure to markets through index funds. The perception that retail funds invest ...

Global deflation - the next worry?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... bought during the previous week's bigger than usual dips. Not because of oil as this morning's Bloomberg's headline "U.S. Stocks Retreat as Energy Shares Decline With Oil" would have you believe. I said it once and I'll say it a thousand times... falling ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... 5,385.9 points. The broader All Ordinaries index was up 60.8 points, or 1.14 per cent, at 5,373.3 points. NEW YORK - US stocks dropped following mixed earnings, with the broad market retreating from three straight sessions of big gains. The Dow Jones ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... Thodey is scheduled to speak at a Company Directors lunch in Sydney. Meanwhile, Twitter Australia managing director Karen Stocks is scheduled to speak at an AmCham lunch in Sydney. In Australia on Tuesday, a late rally pushed the share market to a sixth ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher on strong US leads and iron ore price gains. US stocks extended the rally that began late last week with the Dow Jones Industrial Average finishing 0.12 per cent higher on Monday. Wall Street's gains and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... 5,319.4 points. The broader All Ordinaries index was up 47.2 points, or 0.9 per cent, at 5,307.3 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have risen, shaking off weak IBM earnings and extending the rally that began late last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... the market on Friday bucked the global trend to achieve a fourth straight day of gains, as investors snapped up cheaper stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16.8 points, or 0.32 per cent, at 5,271.7 points. The broader All Ordinaries index was ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
The Australian share market had made strong gains in opening trade as investors snap up cheaper stocks following recent falls. Comments overnight from the Federal Reserve Bank's St Louis president Jamie Bullard suggesting that the US not scale back ...