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Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... are struggling, so that pulls some support out of the market, but we're not seeing overly excessive losses," he said. US stocks sank in the second day of losses after President Barack Obama's re-election victory, trimming another one per cent after Wednesday's ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Australian stocks look set to open lower following further falls on international markets overnight after European central banks held key interest rates at record low levels and debt-stricken Greece approved new austerity measures. At 0631 AEDT on Friday ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
Australian stocks are more than one per cent lower as weakness in the finance and resources-linked sectors lead broad-based declines. At 1027 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 55.9 points, or 1.24 per cent, at 4,460.6 points ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Australian stocks are slightly higher after positive leads from Europe and Wall Street. At 1018 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 7.9 points, or 0.18 per cent, at 4,492.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen ...

Fewer IPO's no excuse for poor returns: Hyperion

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... investor sentiment, both economic and capital activity will be subdued. "Investors should be looking for quality portfolio of stocks that can grind out earnings and dividend growth well above GDP," he said. "We think better gains are to be made from ...

RBA says its ok

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... 2012. However, and perhaps an indication of on-going caution among domestic equity market investors, big capitalisation stocks have so far outperformed small caps, with the ASX Top 100 index advancing by 11.8% in the January to October 2012 period while ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... cent, at 4,484.8, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 10.2 points, or 0.23 per cent, at 4,503.8. NEW YORK - US stocks closed with solid gains as the country goes to the polls to choose between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney for president, with ...

Returns without volatility, you're not dreamin

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... managers] is about beating the benchmark and managing to tracking error limits, which in turn makes them focus on certain stocks and hence just bids up share prices, making these stocks a riskier investment. "However, if you aim at low volatility stocks ...

Western recovery expected to lift Asian stocks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Hope of recovery in the developed world, improvements in China and Gillard rhetoric around the 'Asian century', have combined to create a golden opportunity for investment in Asia, according to Certitude's Craig Mowll. Mowll, chief executive of the ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Australian stocks have opened flat in quiet trade as market players await a Melbourne Cup day interest rate decision from the central bank. At 1027 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.7 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,471.4 points ...