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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
Australian shares had fallen further by noon after opening only slightly weaker, with all sectors trading in the red. At 1225 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 37.5 points, or 0.84 per cent, at 4,410.5 points, while the broader ...

Most consumers distrust advisers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... industry in the run up to the government's Future of Financial Advice reforms becoming mandatory from July next year. AFA President Brad Fox says that the AFA's own research has highlighted that one of the key determinates for clients' satisfaction with ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... sent Wall Street diving again and dealers running. The yen remained elevated after Barack Obama's re-election as US president stoked concerns of political gridlock in Washington with a "fiscal cliff" approaching that could tip the country back into recession. ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... the market, but we're not seeing overly excessive losses," he said. US stocks sank in the second day of losses after President Barack Obama's re-election victory, trimming another one per cent after Wednesday's huge rout. At the closing bell the Dow ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... race in the land of stars and stripes resulted in, well, very much the same as it was the day before the elections. President Barrack Obama remains president. The Democrats control the Senate and the GOP dominates Congress. Yet Wall Street seems to have ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... index was down 32 points, or 0.71 per cent, at 4,502.2. NEW YORK - US stocks sank in the second day of losses after President Barack Obama's re-election victory, trimming another one per cent after Wednesday's huge rout. At the closing bell the Dow Jones ...

Markets await promising China leadership change

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... leadership can focus on pushing through policies once their power base is consolidated." The more forward-thinking Vice President Xi Jinping is widely tipped to takeover from Hu Kintao, while Vice Premier Li Keqiang should replace Wen Jiabao. Chan added ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... not a bad effort. Mr Heffernan said he believed overseas markets had over-reacted to the US election result, in which President Barack Obama won a second term and the Republicans retained control the House of Representatives. "I think you will probably ...

Obama victory ignites fiscal cliff fears

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... cliff looks set to become the focal point for investors after Barrack Obama's narrow victory in the presidential race. President Obama's priority is to secure a budget deal with the US Congress to avoid automatic spending cuts and tax increases amounting ...

Reliance on improving global economy threatens big-four in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... if too much of their fortunes are hitched to an expected strengthening global economy following the re-election of US President Barrack Obama yesterday, says Ernst & Young's Paul Siviour. Despite combined cash earnings of more than $25 billion underlying ...