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Capital protected products shine in gloom

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
Nervous market sentiment is prompting demand for defensive investments and sparking innovation with the Commonwealth Bank pondering new capital protected product structures. Moghseen Jadwat, head of business development for structured investments at ...

SMSFs stockpiling cash, weighted to banks

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Self-managed super funds have been stockpiling cash in the three months to June reflecting a cautious attitude to the stockmarket among trustees, a new survey has said. Cash holdings for the 1600 SMSFs administered by self-managed super administration ...

Now for the denominator

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Will it or won't it? No, I'm not talking about the deal on Washington, 'no mas' -- I'm so over it. Although there are still a few that won't take my word for it - they still refuse to believe until they see the deal bill inked. There's also an equal ...

Complicating the simple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
"Increasing America's overdraft beyond $14.3 trillion should have been relatively simple." Not my words ladies and gents, but that of the revered "The Economist" magazine. Simple and yet, here we all are, still watching on the edge of our seats, still ...

DC theatrics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
Sorry folks, no matter how sick you and I already are of watching Washington's game of chicken, it remains the main game in town. If you believe the headlines, Wall Street dropped big time last night because the players are still waiting for the other ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
The Australian share market has received negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with markets falling as US policy-makers continue to search for a resolution of the country's immediate debt problem. At 0728 AEST, the local September share price ...

Net-net, it's still good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
What a drama 'ey? You know what I'm talking about. The drama that is the 'off-again-on-again' deal on the US debt ceiling and the 'it'll be bailed, no it won't' Greek tragedy. Yes, those ones. The ones that sent risk assets up, then down, then up again ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
The Australian dollar gained slightly after it emerged that France and Germany may have reached agreement over how to resolve the Greek debt crisis, ahead of a crucial 17-country summit. At 1200 AEST on Thursday, the Australian dollar was trading at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly lower today, after Wall Street eased overnight on lingering concerns over debt on both sides of the Atlantic. At 0701 AEST, the local September share price index futures contract was down seven ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
The Australian market is expected to open higher after US stocks rose in the last hour of trading after Google said its revenue hit a record last quarter. At 0735 AEST on the ASX 24 on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up ...