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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
The Australian share market has opened broadly flat following mixed leads from US and European markets overnight. At 1015 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 3.8 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 4,379.6 points and the broader All ...

Politicking befogs equities: AMP Capital

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
Political forces are exerting a much greater influence in market movement, according to AMP Capital. "Investing in shares is increasingly perceived to be risky and fruitless," said Nader Naeimi, head of dynamic asset allocation at AMP Capital. "The ...

Add duration: UBS

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
Australian bonds have underperformed their global peers, but now is a good time to start adding them to investment portfolios, said Matthew Johnson, interest rate strategist, UBS. The reality is that currently, we are still trading European sentiment. ...

Market shocks likely: Advance Asset Management

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
Geo-political signals allude to a potential market shock in coming months, said Advance Asset Management. Global political uncertainty could to lead to a severe destablilsiation of markets as soon as the last quarter of this year, said Felix Stephen ...

The rally that no one's enjoyed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
This is because for every up move, there lies that nagging feeling that it's the calm before the storm and it's only the hope, the prayer and the wish that the Fed and the ECB and the PBOC and the BOJ and the BOE and the RBA et. al. would hand us a ...

Global wealth boosts IT spend

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
Much of the USD$35 billion analyst firm Ovum expects global wealth management to spend on IT by 2016 will be in digital channels. According to forecasts from the global analysts, between 2011 and 2016 the Asia-Pacific region will increase its IT spend ...

China FDI flow slows, and?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
Don't look now but fresh bad news has just come out of China. This time, however, there was not that "sky is falling" feeling that populates cyberspace each time Chinese economic updates disappoint market expectation. Sure there were the obligatory ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after the US bourses posted solid gains following jobless claims and housing construction data indicated economic growth. At 0755 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up ...

Bad news sells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
Don't bother reading today about what Wall Street did last night - it didn't. 'Twas another DD (dull day) folks. Nothing new -- just that what's now become a too familiar refrain of investors fearing slowing global growth counterbalanced by hope that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street pared early gains to close similarly flat. At 0752 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up two points at 4,258. In economic news on Wednesday ...