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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
The Australian dollar was slightly lower after a credit downgrade for Italy and Spain dampened market optimism. At 0700 AEDT on Monday, the Australian dollar was trading at 97.39 US cents, down from 97.75 cents on Friday. Since 1700 AEDT on Friday ...

The good, the bad and the whatever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
Wake up people, there's no time to let Monday-itis get the better of us - especially not this Monday. Not when there's news a -plenty to digest. There's good news to stir the animal spirits among the bulls... bad news to keep the bears on the pounce... ...

La Trobe earns mortgage ratings boost

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
La Trobe's Pooled Mortgages Option (PMO), which sits within its Australian mortgage fund, has been awarded a 'Recommended' rating by Zenith Investment Partners. The PMO option was described by Zenith as having "excellent" long-term performance and also ...

AMP Capital rides high on global infra demand

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
The AMP Capital Global Infrastructure Securities Fund has hit the $1 billion mark in funds under management since its launch in August 2010, through both retail and institutional investments from overseas. The fund, which has a three star rating from ...

Bear killer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... Good thing, things seemed to improving in America. The US ISM manufacturing index rose to 51.6 last month from 50.6 in August - better than expectations for a dip to 50.5. This index is a good and reliable leading indicator of the US economy. My previous ...

Cash sector surges beyond super

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
Nervous investors have been flooding money into the safety of bank deposits since the global financial crisis. This has pushed the deposit sector to a record $1.5 trillion, building a clear lead over the $1.4 trillion superannuation savings pool. Super ...

Banned adviser faces jail term

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
Banned South Australian financial adviser, Trevor Wayne Carll, is facing 28 charges from ASIC, including deception, with a possible jail time of ten years for each offence. Carll, of Port Pirie, South Australia, was banned from the industry in February ...

Bulls see red

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... four months after it hit a high of 80.9 in November 2008, then again when it hit 45.8 in May last year and 43.1 only last August (but this is still being played out). Last night, the index closed at 41.4 - confirming that we're close, but not yet. We'll ...

Dealer groups compete for planners: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
Planners want freedom to run their own practice while dealer groups are on the attack trying to lure competitor's planners to their own ranks, according to an industry survey, which also rated planner opinions on the handling of reforms. The Midwinter ...

Twisting the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
Twisted! This was Wall Street's reaction to the US Federal Reserve's remake of the 1961 version of US President John F. Kennedy and the then Fed's attempt to salvage America. The major US equity indices fell big time - the Dow closed 2.5% off, the S&P ...