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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... cents, or 5.51 per cent, to $9.58. Spot gold reached $US1,456 an ounce overnight while the silver price set an all time-high above $US39 an ounce. Silver explorer Silver Mines was up half a cent, or 1.33 per cent, at 38 cents. Among the major banks at ...

AMP denies NZ takeover intentions

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... distanced itself from takeover talk surrounding New Zealand company, Skellerup, after the merger with AXA pushed its holdings above 20 per cent. Through the merger with AXA, AMP has acquired a number of New Zealand assets including holdings in Skellerup ...

Banks loss is super fund gain: IFM

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... expertise and is now capitalizing on it. Himbury said domestic returns were the best in years, reaching up to 400 basis points above the swap rate. "That's been an area we've invested a fair amount of money in," he said, with infrastructure debt projects ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... to 53.4 index points in March, from 52.2 points in February, while an index from HSBC was up at 51.8 from 51.7. A reading above 50 indicates expansion while one below 50 points to contraction. That came on top of strong jobs data in the US suggesting ...

Funds price ratings downgrades

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... Baa2, only two notches away from losing investment grade status and Air New Zealand's is at Baa3 - just one ratings change above non-investment grade. Moody's does not provide ratings for Virgin. But Northward Capital portfolio manager Simon Rutherfurd ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... private-sector hiring report comes ahead of Friday's keenly awaited March jobs data. With a third month of jobs creation above 200,000, ADP said the data "removes any remaining doubt that private nonfarm payroll employment accelerated heading into 2011." ...

We shall overcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... us through, The Lord will see us through, The Lord will see us through someday..." Just replace "The Lord" in the lyrics above with the "The Fed" and voila, this Sunday service hymn (originally the marching tune of the civil rights movement) and the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... analysts at brokerage Charles Schwab. Oracle shares closed up 1.7 per cent after their fiscal third quarter earnings came in above analyst estimates, as they said revenues were growing at a 36 per cent annual rate in the period. Accenture shares jumped ...

Commodities rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... improving global outlook. This index is a good leading indicator of the US economy and had been in expansion territory (above 50) since August 2009. Purchasing managers indices in Asia and Europe have been expanding as well. While already ancient, last ...

No-bull bull market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... global economy. Sure, risks remain. Add rising inflation and the spike in crude oil prices in the list of uncertainties above. But with most investors riding on the wave of optimism, further gains are in store for equity markets, particularly because ...