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The January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
Where's the January effect when you need it most? Wikipedia describes this stock market phenomenon best: "The January effect is the tendency of the stock market to rise between December 31 and the end of the first week in January. There are many theories ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after shares in the US slumped on a big rise in unemployment claims and a surprising jump in the trade deficit. Resource stocks may gain after commodity prices advanced. At 0830 AEDT on the Sydney ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after commodity prices, including gold, oil and copper, gained overnight. At 0816 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price Index futures contract was up 41 points at 3,662. ...

In defense of Citi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
The US government's bail-out of Citigroup shows that policymakers have learnt the lessons of September when the collapse of Lehman Brothers launched financial market panic of seismic proportions. The 158-year old Lehman Brothers - may it rest in peace ...

The luckier country

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
The Australian equity market continues to follow the fortunes of its peers in America, Europe and Asia although economic and business fundamentals here are in much better shape than most of its global counterparts. So far this year, developed equity ...

Search for equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
National governments, one on top of the other or in unison, have been throwing money and/or guarantees and/or lower interest rates at banks, financial institutions and the money markets to in order to restore confidence in the financial system. While ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US stocks rose on Friday as financial stocks gained and a plunge in oil prices soothed worries about inflation and consumer spending. At 0750 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after Wall St rose Friday on better-than-expected manufacturing and housing data. At 0650 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract rose 24 points to ...

Challenger recycles capital

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... raised more than $260 million from a couple of optimistic, offshore investors, one of whom paid what now looks like a fortune for nothing more than an option to buy shares in the company. Now Challenger is making plans to give some of it back, by buying ...

Fortune favours the prudent

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
As investors are left picking up the pieces from the recent share market and credit crash, some industry figures believe the answer lies in investors' ability to find a balance between investing with a long-term perspective, and making decisions quickly. ...