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Market wrap late AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
Australian stocks have opened higher, with local market players looking past a weak lead from Wall Street. At 1024 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 1.5 points, or 0.03 per cent, at 4,507.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Russell ups risk in equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
Russell Investments has dumped five defensive stocks in its latest rebalance of its value index, anticipating growth in riskier assets. Russell reconstitutes the weightings to stocks in its Russell Australia High Value and Australia High Dividend indices ...

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
"Stocks end lower after Fed decision." This was the title of a video from 'The Wall Street Journal' that encapsulates all the other headlines that answer the 'why' for the weak performance of those scripts on The Street last night. But what did the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street was trading slightly in the red overnight but European stocks closed higher as traders digested mixed economic data before the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting. ...

Market wrap - late AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
Australian stocks have opened 0.7 per cent lower, outperforming the sharp declines from offshore markets during the overnight session. At 1033 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 31.5 points, or 0.69 per cent, at 4,511.6 points ...

Bad everywhere news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... the Bloomberg headlines that I woke up to this morning: Dow Drops Most Since June Amid Disappointing Earnings European Stocks Decline to Seven-Week Low on Results The Merval index fell the most in 11 months U.K. Stocks Drop for a Third Day as Mulberry ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street and European stocks sank on fears over debt-stricken Spain after its central bank predicted a worsening recession, and on continued US corporate earnings disappointment. At 0805 AEDT on ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... 0.63 per cent, to 4,564.6 points. NEW YORK - A diminished sales forecast by industrial bellwether Caterpillar has clouded stocks, but a last-minute burst of buying pushed the Dow and S&P 500 barely back into the black for the session. The Nasdaq, however ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
Aust stocks 0.73% lower at noon The Australian share market was lower at noon after falls in Europe and drops in commodity prices. At 1201 on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 33.2 points, or 0.73 per cent, at 4,637.9 points, while the ...

Chinese small-and-mid caps undervalued

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
Volatility goes hand-in-hand with investments in emerging markets, but valuations for small-and-mid cap Chinese stocks means it is time to buy, said one of Asia's best performing boutique asset managers. Company earnings will decline in the short term ...