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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... 1215 AEST, Foster's shares were up 38 cents, or 7.8 per cent at $5.27, making it the highest traded stock by volume. Treasury Wine Estate, which was spun out of Foster's Group earlier this year, was up 9.5 cents, or 2.79 per cent, at $3.49. Shares in ...

Twisting the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... average maturity of its holdings of securities. The Committee intends to purchase, by the end of June 2012, $400 billion of Treasury securities with remaining maturities of 6 years to 30 years and to sell an equal amount of Treasury securities with remaining ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... than before to rescue them if they become unstable. The bond market rallied as investors fled equities. The yield on the Treasury's 10-year bond fell to 1.88 per cent from 1.95 per cent Tuesday, after earlier hitting a record low at 1.86 perc ent. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... some traders expecting the launch of new stimulus to kick-start the weak economy. The bond market was mixed. The 10-year Treasury bond yield was essentially unchanged at 1.94 per cent from late Monday, while the 30-year bond climbed to 3.21 per cent ...

ISN submission targets advice requirement

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
A FOFA reforms submission from the Industry Super Network to Treasury has called for stronger legal requirements around financial advice and better consumer protection. The Industry Super Network (ISN) has requested that the Government strengthen legal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... agreed budget targets. Markets were increasingly expecting Greece to default on its debt. Bond prices rose. The 10-year Treasury bond yield fell to 1.94 per cent from 2.08 per cent Friday, while the 30-year bond dropped to 3.19 per cent from 3.34 per ...

Psychological asset classes run investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
Gold, silver and US Treasury bonds are all psychological asset classes that will eventually burn investors, according to a chief investment strategist. James Swanson, chief investment strategist, MFS Investment Management told Financial Standard that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... for Greece until they had firmer evidence of Athens's willingness to cut its deficit. In another sign of friction, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who was also attending the meeting, disagreed with his German counterpart Wolfgang Schaeuble over ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... expectations that the Federal Reserve next week could reveal a new policy aimed at reducing long-term yields. The 10-year Treasury bond yield rose to 2.09 per cent from 2.01 per cent late Wednesday, while the 30-year bond moved to 3.35 per cent from ...

Asian counterweight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... default. Orderly or disorderly - Greece will have to default. And this is giving everyone the jitters. Not least is US Treasury Secretary Timmy Geithner who preached to the Europeans to act more forcefully to solve their crisis. Yeah, he can talk. "Why ...