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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street despite tech stocks at one point pushing the Nasdaq Composite index down nearly two per cent. At 0805 AEST on Wednesday the June share price index futures contract was up ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... and Poor's downgrading the beverages supplier's credit rating in the wake of a slide in earnings. Other consumer related stocks also rose, including Woolworths, adding 38 cents to $36.03, and Wesfarmers, adding 54 cents at $42.57. On Wall Street overnight ...

WaveStone launches local long-only equity fund

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... into the institutional investment market will be driven by WaveStone Capital's attraction to innovative and high-growth stocks at reasonable prices. "Over the past 15 years, the principals have refined the investment philosophy via the establishment ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... 1.28 per cent, to 5,358.9. The broader All Ordinaries index shed 69.9 points, or 1.29 per cent, to 5,353.6. NEW YORK - US stocks rose decisively after a solid earnings report from Citigroup and encouraging retail sales data, reversing course after deep ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... bank, JP Morgan, missed its profit estimates by almost four per cent last week, which has prompted falls by local banking stocks. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the threat of civil war in Ukraine and the possibility of poor quarterly economic growth ...

A 1987-style crash cometh (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... of the woodworks, proclaiming that, "A crash is coming, a crash is coming"! They point to the biotech and social media stocks that are fast running out of puff that could produce a bigger pop just as the TMT (telecoms, media, technology) issues did back ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... equities news is expected on Monday. In Australia, the market on Friday closed sharply lower after a fall in technology stocks on United States markets caused a wider sell-off on Wall Street. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 52.2 points, or 0.95 per ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
Australian stocks are giving up many of the week's gains in response to a technology sector driven slide on Wall Street overnight. IG markets strategist Chris Weston said the sell-off in the US was driven by a plunge in tech stocks, which have fallen ...

Dumping dear momos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... Reports are it's about the rotation out of dear (as in expensive not the lovey-dovey one) "momo" (momentum) technology stocks into cheaper "value" stocks with consistent earnings. As Maxwell Smart would say, "good thinking 99". The scary news is that ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open sharply lower after big falls on Wall Street led by tech stocks. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down 51 points at 5,425. The Nasdaq closed down 3.10 per cent with investors ...