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Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street and European markets fell as volatile commodity prices and company results hit shares. At 0802 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down 27 points at ...

From Greece's frying pan into China's fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
What Greece has started, China's finishing. To be sure, the tragi-comedy that is Greece is far from over, not with crunch time moments ever so foreverly moved - 23 February was the first "this is it moment" for Athens, that became 24 Feb, that became ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher, following strong gains on Wall Street overnight. At 0655 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 47 points at 5,574. US stocks were up 0.6 per cent, ending a two-day ...

Vanguard first to offer A-shares through ETF

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
Vanguard Australia has become the first local exchange traded fund (ETF) provider to offer investors access to China mainland-domiciled and listed shares. Vanguard is broadening its FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (ASX: VGE) to include the so-called ...

US data says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
"I should stress that the actual course of policy will be determined by incoming data and what that reveals about the economy." This was the last iteration of "data dependent" you, I and Irene heard from Fed Chair Janet Yellen when she spoke before ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following falls in US stocks. The June share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 5,761. The main Wall Street stock indexes were down by about 0.6 per cent on Friday, after a key consumer ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open lower following sharp losses on Wall Street. At 0650 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 30 points at 5,748. Wall Street stocks fell one per cent on a strengthening US ...

Market to open higher after Wall Street record high

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street hit another record high. At 0700 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 19 points at 5,685. Strong earnings from Best Buy and news that CVS Health would acquire ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains on Wall Street on Friday. The June share price index futures contract was up 43 points at 5,645. Wall Street stocks surged more than one per cent on Friday after new data showed that the ...

BetaShares US equity ETF rated

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
The BetaShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 ETF has become the fund provider's seventh vehicle to be awarded a 'Recommended' rating by Lonsec. The fund, which has the ASX code QUS, was launched in January and aims to track the performance of the FTSE RAFI US 1000 ...