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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
The Australian market is expected to open higher after a rebound on Wall Street and on most major world markets on Tuesday. At 0726 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 67 points higher at 4,275. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
The Australian market is expected to open lower on Wednesday following strong negative leads from offshore overnight. Wall Street's key indices slumped on Tuesday, precious and base metals and oil were down, except gold which rose slightly, and European ...

The art of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... I'm just a speck compared with the likes of the director of the IMF, the chairman of Morgan Stanley, the chief global economist of Goldman Sachs, or the senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington. These "experts" ...

A stitch in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... sentiment. "This move is a vote of confidence in the global recovery." And then there's Goldman Sach's chief global economist Jim O'Neill's analysis of the PBOC statement. "The Chinese are increasingly confident they can make this adjustment to a domestic-driven ...

Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
Flatline. That's what you'll see when you look at Wall Street's pulse monitor this morning. I would be too if faced with the same old, same old daily boring stuff that financial market agents look at everyday. While we were sleeping, a raft of economic ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... per cent in the year to May. There are speculations that this sector is heading - if not already - in a bubble. The Economist magazine doesn't think so. In a 27 May article, it printed that "Prices would have to fall a long way to push borrowers "under ...

Australian Ethical appoints CIO

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... responsibility for all analysts within the team. Prior to joining Australian Ethical, Jordan had a long career as a senior economist with various Commonwealth Government departments. Highlights of his career in government included being senior adviser ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Australian shares are set for a strong opening after Wall Street posted its third largest gain of 2010 as better-than-expected home sales figures boosted optimism towards the US economy. At 0731 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
Australian shares are set to fall after Wall Street dropped on the possibility of criminal charges into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and ongoing concerns about Europe's financial sector. At 0746 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
The Australian share market may open slightly higher on Wednesday despite further falls on global markets over concerns about regulatory moves to address the financial turmoil in Europe. At 0738 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price ...