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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... Norton Gold Fields opens its Enterprise Mine in Kalgoorlie. In Australia, the market on Monday closed stronger, pushing above one per cent during the day but easing to around half a per cent higher by the finish. Investors initially took their cues from ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... one is to one exchange against the greenback in September and November of 2011 and again in May last year. It bounced back above even each time. Except for the advertised short position of Druckenmiller/Soros, the rationales for a continued A$ downtrend ...

Standard Life Inv Absolute Return Bond fund open to Aussie investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... delivering a stable return in excess of cash in all market conditions. The stated aim of the fund is to return 2.5% per annum above the cash rate over rolling three-year periods with volatility at less than 5%. This return profile makes it ideal for ...

Tax lump sums to beat longevity crisis: ASFA

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... certain threshold during the transition to retirement phase, with no tax paid in retirement. It suggests lump sum withdrawals above a certain tax threshold be taxed at 30% during the transition phase and 15% in the retirement phase. The industry body ...

Advice proposition props up mortgage broker market share

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... top 16 aggregators in the industry by research group c omparator, mortgage brokers continued to hold their market share above 40% of the $24.1 billion worth of home loans written during the March quarter. The research group said they are also on track ...

Down, down, dollar down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... reminded everyone that stimulation would remain until the unemployment rate reaches 6.5% and the inflation rate doesn't go above 2.5%. And now for the rub, if the US dollar continues to appreciate it would detract from overall US economic growth. It ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... markets gained in thin trading, with Frankfurt hitting another record high, while the US dollar surged to a four-year record above 101 yen owing to positive US labour market data, analysts said, and as finance ministers from industrialised countries ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... ASX, the possible pick-up in the share price today, as investors look to collect the 96 cents a share on offer, may hold us above water," he said. However, he said, the gains on the local market would be moderated by weak leads from the US overnight. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... blanket pick up this morning after the Dow and the S&P smashed it overnight," he said. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 15,000 for the first time, adding 87.31 points, or 0.58 per cent, to close at 15,056.2. The broad-based S&P 500 rose ...

A long two-month wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013