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Macquarie says market conditions improving

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
Investment bank Macquarie Group still expects a stronger full year performance as general market conditions continue to show signs of improvement. Macquarie says its annuity-style businesses - Macquarie Funds; banking and financial services; and corporate ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
Australian stocks have opened higher following strong gains on international markets overnight. The local market is around half a per cent higher at 1030 AEDT, following a more than one per cent rise across Wall Street's major indices. Commsec market ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, despite a negative lead from Wall Street which fell following disappointing US jobs data. At 0900 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 14 points at 5,032. The US economy ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after a mixed performance on Wall Street in its last session. At 0923 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down two points at 5,265. In economic news on Monday, the TD Securities ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2013
The Australian bond market is slightly firmer as uncertainty reigns over whether the US Federal Reserve will start winding back its economic stimulus program this year. The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) finishes its two-day early on Thursday ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite gains on international markets after Iran struck a landmark deal on its nuclear program that will see sanctions eased on the key oil exporter. The accord reached over the weekend in Geneva sent crude ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on international markets after Federal Reserve chief nominee Janet Yellen bolstered expectations of the Fed keeping the flow of easy money. At 0752 AEDT on Monday, the December share price ...

Investors complacent of inflation risk

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
Investors should prepare their portfolios for rising prices now, before the price of inflation protection products soars, a senior QIC portfolio manager has warned. With global economic conditions improving, central banks are expected to start unwinding ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on international markets as dealers digest positive data from the US and China amid quiet trade on a public holiday. At 0850 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Tapering still some way off

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
Market fears of US Federal Reserve tapering are overdone and loose policy will continue as the world outside the US cannot withstand higher interest rates, according to a leading fund manager. Western Asset co-chief investment officer Ken Leech says ...