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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... $34.32. Newcrest on Friday said first-half net profit rose 50 per cent to a record high due to stronger sales of gold, silver and copper. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,731.40 per ounce, down $US5.355 from Thursday's local close of $US1,736.755 ...

Extending the extended extension

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... Well perhaps not perhaps. Gold - that great inflation hedge -- rose by 2.6% on the day to US$1,700.10 an ounce. And so did silver. But gold's ascent is also due to the US dollar's weakening. And this is good too for it improves American businesses' international ...

UBS: Diversify to prevent fatigue

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... causing elevated market volatility," said Boubouras. "The official UBS view is that they will make up, not break up...the silver bullet, which hasn't been done yet, will solve all the problems...an unlimited bond-buying program." But, according to Boubouras ...

Euro debt crisis has silver lining for advisers: PIMCO

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Australian financial advisers should not fear the ongoing European debt crisis if they play their cards right, according to PIMCO's US-based head of global and emerging markets product management, David Fisher. Speaking to Australian advisers last week ...

HOSTPLUS, CareSuper take top gongs at AIST awards

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... Awards for Excellence - Bronze: Energy Super Communicating A New Identity campaign Communication Awards for Excellence - Silver: Superpartners Online Services Marketing campaign Communication Awards for Excellence - Gold: HOSTPLUS Cook For Your Career ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said. The night's events included a sell-off of commodities, including gold and silver, with oil prices also plunging and giving back the previous night's gains. "It was only natural that resources were going to ...

Independent directors not the silver bullet answer, super fund chairs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... also be used for large super funds, in particular the need for independent directors, Cuffe maintained they weren't the "silver bullet" answer. "There are plenty of companies that have independent directors who have done pretty disastrously too. I can ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... Billiton had dropped 85 cents, or 2.4 per cent, to $34.67, and Rio Tinto had lost $2.22, or 3.5 per cent, to $61.83. Gold, silver and copper prices all drifted lower in offshore markets. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,608.35 per fine ounce ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... materials stocks made back some of their losses of the past few days. "Commodity prices have stopped falling at the moment, silver and gold prices bounced, copper is holding stable, so it looks like those material stocks are somewhat bottoming, and ...

Psychological asset classes run investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
Gold, silver and US Treasury bonds are all psychological asset classes that will eventually burn investors, according to a chief investment strategist. James Swanson, chief investment strategist, MFS Investment Management told Financial Standard that ...