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Three wise men - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... been expected to boost retail spending - but no one expected it to be this big. Retail sales jumped by 2.7 per cent in August - markets expected a 2 per cent rise - after dipping by 0.1 per cent in the previous month. Remove automobile purchases and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket was nearly one per cent lower at noon with weakness in the financial sector and as some investors anticipate the "September effect". At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 44.1 cents, or 0.96 per cent, at 4552 ...

Tax and dividend boost at OptiMix

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
OptiMix has introduced a tax and dividend optimisation strategy (TDOS) overlay to its wholesale Australian Equities portfolio. "This tax and dividend optimisation strategy aims to fill an important gap that results when investment managers pursue alpha ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open flat on Monday, led by losses on Wall Street and after a week of strong gains in most major markets. The Gold miners may gain after the price of the precious metal jumped while energy stocks may slump ...

Hermaphrodite economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... testosterone pumping across the Atlantic. Halifax reported that UK average house prices rose by 0.8 per cent to 160,793 in August - the second consecutive month of gains. And like Semenya, markets find that the global recovery have no ovaries. According ...

Martin Currie hires BDM for Asia

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
Martin Currie Investment Management hired former Vanguard Investments institutional business development executive, Ee Fang Chen, as business development director for Asia. Ee Fang was responsible for China, Taiwan and Hong Kong institutional business ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open moderately positive on Thursday after gains on Wall Street and European markets. At 0747 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 31 points higher at 4557. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open the day higher after gains on European and Asian markets. The US stock market was closed for the Labor Day public holiday. At 0737 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open in positive territory on Monday after a gains on Wall Street and world markets on Friday. At 0717 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 38 points higher at 4465. ...

Asian equities approach fair value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
Financial planners may want to reassess their clients allocation to Asia's emerging markets as one investment specialist reckons Asian equities are no longer cheap. Stuart James, senior investment specialist at Aberdeen Asset Management, said Asia's ...