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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
... aversion returned to the fore on the news that UK mortgage lender Northern Rock had fallen victim to fallout from the US sub-prime mortgage sector. "There was news that Northern Rock had to go cap in hand to the Bank of England... due to losses related ...

Super funds to invest direct into infrastructure

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
... water infrastructure. The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) and MTAA Super have also moved into the sector, and Prime Minister John Howard last month flagged plans for an infrastructure fund for future national needs.

Sub-prime 20/20 hindsight

... Fed chief and financial guru, the man who can rock Wall Street with a throwaway line, has admitted he didn't smell the sup-prime coffee during his tenure as Federal Reserve Chairman. Greenspan ran the central bank for more than 18 years before leaving ...

Core-satellite investing gets the balance right

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
... technical service of Vanguard Investment, said at a seminar for financial planners in Melbourne this month. While the recent sub-prime collapse caused market volatility and troubled indexed investments, Houlihan said that historically, index funds outperformed ...

Market wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
... 7,472.99. PARIS - The CAC-40 index lifted 29.07 points to 5,508.01. TOKYO - Stocks fell after the surprise resignation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The Nikkei average reversed 80.07 points to 15,797.60. HONG KONG - Blue chips jumped on a surging oil ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
... is out of the way... and there is an hiatus until the annual meeting season. "It's a testing time generally with the sub-prime issues going on." He said there should be continued volatility during the remainder of the week. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

Water off a Peking duck's back

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
... Peking duck's back to China. According to Moody's Investors Service, Asia Pacific as a whole has been shrugging off sub-prime crisis and liquidity. "While significant volatility has occurred in credit markets recently, no indications have emerged of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
... edged ahead as a higher sales outlook from semiconductor maker Intel Corp offset ongoing concerns that the troubled sub-prime mortgage market would continue to weigh on the wider economy. The Dow Jones industrial average lifted 14.47 points to 13,127.85 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... markets had expected the non-farm payrolls report to show jobs growth of 110,000. The result has increased fears the US sub-prime mortgage crisis could force the wider US economy into recession. Back home, BHP Billiton shrank $1.65, or 4.15 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... almost two per cent on Friday as data showed US employers had cut nearly 4,000 jobs in August, fanning fears the US sub-prime mortgage crisis could force the wider US economy into recession. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 249.97 points, or 1.87 ...