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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
The Australian share market was over three per cent lower at noon, with slumping resources and financial stocks extending morning losses. At 1215 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 114.5 points, or 3.41 per cent, at 3238.4. The broader All ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
The Australian stockmarket remained weak at noon, led by a slump in the materials sector, after falls on Wall St overnight. At 1215 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 42.3 points, or 1.16 per cent, at 3610.7 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

The other race

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
Punters would have been better off putting their hard-earned dollar into the Melbourne Cup winner - Viewed -- yesterday than on the RBA rate cut expecting an equity market gain. Both provided a surprise outcome, but while Viewed returned A$46.50 to ...

Seesaw Margery Daw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
'See Saw Margery Daw Johnny Wall Street shall have a new master He It shall earn but a penny a day Because he the Fed can't work any faster.' The market giveth and the market taketh away. Isn't it funny how yesterday's big rally on Wall Street was attributed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
Australian stocks were higher at noon after US indices soared in a late rally buoyed by signs of easing credit and the growing likelihood of a second stimulus package. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 100.6 points, or 2.43 per cent, at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
Australian stocks were at lower at noon after world stock markets suffered another dizzying slide overnight as traumatised investors brushed aside central bank interest rate cuts aimed at boosting confidence. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was ...

Back to basics for property

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
LandMark White Invest today unveilled the LMWI Diversified Property Fund - a debut offering that executes a low gearing, minimal risk approach to property investing. LMW Invest, a spin off from property valuation firm LandMark White group, secured the ...

Rescue package YES, economy NO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
Following last Monday's preview of a financial market pandemonium, there was little doubt in anyone's mind that the US Senate will pass the Treasury's US$700 billion rescue package. The Senate voted 74 to 25 in favour of the Emergency Economic Stabilization ...

US Senate passes bail-out 74 to 25

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
The bail-out legislation has been overwhelmingly approved by the US Senate, but the bigger test will be the congressional vote tomorrow, which isn't expected to get such a smooth ride. This morning Australian time, the Senate voted in favour of the ...

Rescuing the rescue package

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
An eerie calm fell over Wall Street and European markets overnight as investors sat on the fence ahead of the US Senate's vote over the financial sector rescue package. The Senate is widely expected to rescue the rescue package but it would not become ...