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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open stronger after US stocks gained for a second straight session overnight. At 0738 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index futures contract was up 53 points at 5,038. Today ...

The nub of being a hub

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... cent is managed on behalf of UK investors, 15 per cent for New Zealand, 13 per cent for Japan and 12 per cent for US investors. But where Australia can really use its investment expertise to ramp up offshore FUM is in the Middle East and India. To date ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after Wall Street fell modestly on Monday. US investors consolidated gains from the past week's rally and mulled Bank of America's better-than-expected earnings. At 0728 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher today after US equities gained overnight on reports Dow Chemical will takeover a rival firm and a better-than-expected sales report from retail titan Wal-Mart. Gains in the gold and oil price overnight ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
The Australian market has received positive leads all around this morning, with Wall Street up markedly, base metal prices in London also very robust, and the futures index in Sydney also points the market higher. At 0801 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
... billion ($A5.48 billion) quarterly loss on writedowns related to sub-prime mortgages, banking giant Citigroup inspired US investors with its plans to improve earnings figures, including slashing 9,000 jobs. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Local biotech shines through overseas listing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... company has attracted the attention of US funds. According to Jackie Fairley, chief executive of Starpharma, targeting US investors was a "natural avenue of support", particularly when local investors continue to shy away from the biotech sphere. "Biotechnology ...

Investing without feeling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... emotions. Dutton said A US report analysed the returns of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index compared to the experience of US investors in equity mutual funds and found the index, on average, outperformed by 7.5 per cent annually over 20 years. "Inevitably ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
The Australian stock market fell sharply today, losing three per cent of its value, as nervous investors dumped banking stocks amid signs the US sub-prime mortgage crisis is getting worse. Stocks in the US slid almost two per cent last night after data ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
The Australian share market has received mixed leads from overseas. Stocks on Wall Street overnight rallied, then fell again on disappointing sales figures from Macy's Inc and a warning by a Federal Reserve official that inflation was still a key concern. ...