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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
... business forum in sydney. New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Bill English is in Sydney to speak at an Australian Business Economist function on New Zealand's Road to Recovery. Victorian Premier John Brumby will deliver a State Of The State speech to a ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open higher following mild gains on Wall Street overnight and higher commodity prices. At 0710 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 13 points higher at 3,748. In economic ...

Experts pick top stocks and sectors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... Australian equities allocations over the next two years, according to industry experts. Craig James, chief equities economist at CommSec, said the industrialisation of China and India would play a significant part in the growth potential of Australian ...

Not a happy EOFYS on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... more borrowers toward foreclosure'. Well, yes...perhaps. But not quite. These borrowers may be gearing up for what 'The Economist' termed strategic default. In its 25 June 2009 print edition titled 'Can pay, won't pay', the magazine cited a research ...

Black or white - just beat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
Black or white - just beat it All together now. "It's Black, It's White It's Tough For You To Get By It's Black, It's White, Whoo" No this is not another tribute to the King of Pop...and certainly not another Michael Jackson joke. This is about Wall ...

AMP Cap continues senior hiring spree

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... recently worked as head of investment markets research at Perpetual Investments. Prior to that, she worked as the chief economist at BNP Paribas and also held a number of senior economic roles at BZW Australia and New Zealand. "Our recent appointment ...

Take your pick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
The good, the bad and the ugly. Overnight news out of America had something for everybody. Take your pick. Bullish on the economy and the financial markets? Then look no further than the US National Association for Business Economics (NABE) latest survey ...

No two ways about it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... ever since the first billion of pennies were dropped from fiscal and monetary authorities' helicopters. A check on The Economist's Economic and Financial Indicators table shows that apart from Norway, all 43 countries in its list are forecast to record ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained on better homebuilder sentiment and positive comments about banks from analysts. Oil and industrial metals also gained overnight, suggesting energy and mining stocks will ...

Super concession cuts were overdue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... system. "It is appropriate that those who are better off should help those not so well off," said Shane Oliver, chief economist and investment strategist at AMP Capital, speaking at this morning's Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees post-Budget ...