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OMTs - one year on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... outlook for the region also looks brighter.A Markit Economic's final Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index went up to 51.5 in August - the second straight monthly advance and the highest reading in more than two years -- from 50.5 in July.A And it was ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
Australian shares have opened slightly firmer on the back of positive economic news out of the US, China and Japan. Resources stocks were posting the largest gains, with Tony Abbott's election victory and the coalition's pledge to repeal the mining ...

Under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
"Does this guy ever shut up?" Then Opposition leader, now Australia's 28th Prime Minister (let's dispense with the "elect", shall we?) Tony Abbott was portrayed as an arrogant aggressor when he blurted out these words on 21 August during his leadership ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher on the first day following the federal election and after disappointing US jobs data prompted little change on Wall Street at the end of the week. The US Labor Department said the world's biggest economy ...

ETF market closes in on $9 billion milestone

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
Australia's exchange traded product (ETP) market has expanded rapidly in 2013, reaching a record $8.8 billion in assets according to the latest ASX Funds Monthly Update. The report shows Australia's ETP industry, has grown by 61% in the 12 months to ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
The Australian share market looks set to open slightly higher after Wall Street rose on encouraging US employment data. At 0740 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up nine points at 5,147. In economic news on Friday ...

Wonderully dreadful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... expansion in activity in early July to August; and the services PMIs in China, the Eurozone and the UK strengthened further in August (this comes on top of better-than-expected manufacturing PMI readings in the same month). Domestically, just imagine ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's jump after strong US car sales pointed to strength in the manufacturing sector. At 0806 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up 16 points at 5,172. ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... Manufacturing Index that showed activity in the sector remained in contraction territory for the 26th straight month in August - points to still subdued overall economic growth in the third quarter.A That is unless Abbott or Rudd produced a miraculous ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower despite a rise in US stocks, although concerns about a possible military strike on Syria cut into Wall Street's early gains. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was ...