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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Australian stocks are set for a weaker opening with worse than expected US employment data causing significant falls on Wall Street. At 0821 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 72 points lower at 4,575. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... central bank's statement. Treasury prices reversed direction and fell after the statement as investors withdrew money from safe haven holdings. The Fed said it believes that "economic activity has continued to strengthen" since its last meeting in December. ...

Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... although the two aren't mutually exclusive. One begot the other. The Republican's coup in Massachusetts - considered a very safe Democrat stronghold - might have become too loud for US President Obama not to hear. US taxpayers are angry. Furious that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... the Dow Jones industrial average had fallen 185 points from a 15-month high, its biggest drop since October 30. Demand for safe havens, such as government debt, jumped, pushing yields lower in the Treasury market. Concerns grew that China's efforts to ...

Bonds need a double dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
It cannot be denied that risk assets trounced defensive ones in 2009 - and by a long shot - as investor optimism surrounding the global recovery gathered pace. But as 2009 became 2010, investors seemed not too sure. Suddenly investors are not so sure ...

Fixing an industry on steroids

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
Day One of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) highlighted the testimony of an investment veteran who said the industry has long been on steroids - and called the commissioners to help build a system that doesn't need to save the banks every ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
The Australian share market has received generally positive leads overnight, with all three key Wall Street indices higher, along with precious metals and copper, although the price of crude oil fell again. At 0824 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... stocks and commodities. That drop in the dollar occurred as investors became more willing to take on risk and move out of safe-haven investments like the dollar amid signs that the economy was improving. In recent weeks, however, investors have been ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... the broader All Ordinaries slipped 8.8 points, or 0.19 per cent, to 4,686.4. NEW YORK - Investors dumped stocks and sought safe-haven assets such as the dollar and Treasuries on signs that the global economy still is struggling in overnight trading. ...

Still a lucky country: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... surveyed intending to invest new money is a clear signal that investors would need more proof that their savings will be safe. "Investors need a lot more assurance than they did previously before increasing activity levels. The Dubai World default was ...