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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
The Australian share market has opened slightly higher, boosted by stronger mining stocks on the back of improved prices for commodities. "It's all about commodities today," IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said. "We've seen a nice little jump ...

Insto investors bullish on equities: EIU survey

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... (EIU) survey of 730 senior institutional investors in Australia and around the world showed that 53% of investors expected stocks to be the strongest performing asset class over the next 12 months. Conversely, 22% of investors rated government bonds ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... Ms. Jones reports that, "Central banks, guardians of the world's $11 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves, are buying stocks in record amounts as falling bond yields push even risk- averse investors toward equities". "In a survey of 60 central bankers ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... 5,102.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 81.6 points, or 1.63 per cent, to 5,084.2 points. NEW YORK - US stocks finished a volatile trading session higher following improved jobless claims data and a mixed bag of corporate earnings. ...

SelfWealth benchmarking index outperforms ASX200

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... of their portfolios directly with other users of the community, has outperformed the ASX200. The SW200 takes the top 200 stocks by weight, from the top 200 portfolios by performance from the time they joined the SelfWealth online community of investors ...

Market Wrap PM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
The Australian market has opened higher, led by industrial stocks with exposure to the US and the major banks heading into reporting season. IG Markets chief market strategist Evan Lucas said there were gains across the board at opening despite trading ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... 5,016.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 47.2 points, or 0.95 per cent, to 5,002.6 points. NEW YORK - US stocks finished up more than one per cent despite a two-minute mini-crash caused by a false news agency tweet, with good earnings ...

Three arrows hitting the spot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... before..." - Jackie Wilson No Virginia, it's not about Wall Street this time...this time investors are back lovin' made-in-Japan stocks...lifting the Nikkei perhaps not higher than it's been lifted before...but it's getting there. The Dow and the S&P ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... Lance Hockridge is slated to speak at a CEDA lunch. In Australia, the market on Monday closed higher, led by resources stocks that rebounded from last week's battering because of falling commodity prices. It was the second consecutive day of gains on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... news, Australand has its annual general meeting. In Australia, the market on Friday made feeble gains, after resources stocks were spared a further pounding on Friday. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 7.5 points, or 0.15 per cent, at 4,931.9 points ...