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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
Australian stocks are almost one per cent lower, despite staging a partial recovery in morning trade following a weak start. At 1206 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 36.6 points, or 0.89 per cent, at 4,084.4 points, while the ...

Fund giant T. Rowe Price stamps brand in Australian equities

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
Global investment firm T. Rowe Price has launched its Australian equities fund this week, hoping its long-term track record running global equities will appeal to super funds that want a domestic equities portfolio backed by a global outfit. It's early ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following on from last week's falls across major bourses with investors concerned over the euro zone and sentiment rocked by a ratings downgrade for Greece and 16 Spanish banks. At 0850 AEST on Monday, the ...

That anxious wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
If you're in Victoria (Australia) and you watch television, chances are you've probably seen Quit Victoria's new anti-smoking ad. I don't know if this is shown in the other states but the ad shows a fretful young dad in a hospital waiting room waiting ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on US markets overnight and continued political uncertainty in Europe. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down six points at 4,155. In economic news ...

ETFs reach $5.4bn despite unstable market

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
The Australian Exchange Traded Fund market has edged towards an all time highest recorded value with funds under management reaching $5.4bn last month, according to BetaShares' April Australian ETF Review. According to the review, $7 million of new ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
My, my, hey, hey, rock n' roll is here to stay - or in our case Europe's sovereign debt, fiscal deficit, financial, banking, economic, political and social crisis. You name the crisis. One or more members of the Eurozone's got one, or more, or all of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
Australian stocks have opened flat as market players wait for key economic data from China. At 1030 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.7 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,292.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen ...

No money in equities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
There were really no fresh talking points I could find on cyberspace last night, just a flipping of the flop in sentiment seen over the past few days. For last night we got news that US unemployment claims came in a thousand heads better than expected. ...

Scare me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
Hang on to your hats folks, cause here we go again. Back to extrapolating current gloom into doom and forgetting that these were exactly the ones that provided good entry points in the markets. The scaredy cats are running for the hills again. Want ...