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Flash Boys is 'complete nonsense': CMCRC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
A recent high-profile book criticising high frequency trading (HFT) has been branded 'nonsense' by the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) with the group urging regulators not to respond to the scaremongering. The research body has released ...

Bouncy bouncy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... Ukraine dissuaded stock shoppers. Citigroup shares climbed by 4.4% on better-than-expected profits on better-than-expected trading results and cost reductions. But it wasn't only C's shares that ascended last night. Bloomberg listed a few more names ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... market hit near six-year highs. "It's really concerning to see investors just shying away from equities in this short term trading week," he told AAP. "They need a bit of justification to keep the rally going, otherwise there is always going to be a ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... cent, to $9.78 after the company flagged a 15 per cent drop in its first half earnings. The Bank of Queensland is in a trading halt after announcing plans for a $440 million acquisition of Investec Bank's professional finance division and posting a record ...

Dumping dear momos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... the "new techs" rich valuation, that of the broader S&P 500 index is not.A According to the Bank Credit Analyst, it's trading at 15.6 times calendar 2014 earnings.A This compares with a long-term average of 16.3 times. And this is to become even gooder ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... suggested more weakness in the world's second-biggest economy. LONDON - European stocks ended mixed after a topsy-turvy trading session, as weak Chinese data outweighed a triumphant return to the bond markets in Greece and positive news from the US jobs ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The Australian share market is trading higher, boosted by a lift in US markets and better-than-expected domestic unemployment figures. Australia's unemployment rate fell to 5.8 per cent in March, and the number of people with jobs rose 18,100 in the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
The Australian share market is trading higher, highlighted by a 20 per cent-plus surge in the shares of takeover target David Jones. Department store retailer David Jones had jumped 73 cents, or 22.88 per cent, to $3.92 by 1200 AEST, after the company ...

PM Capital eyes Asia fund listing

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... executive Chris Donohoe said. "Additionally, with the moderation in China's demand for commodities, and Australian banks trading at historically elevated levels and at a significant premium to global peers, we believe it is difficult to find value in ...

Time to go away?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... index changed hands on April 4 as investors sought protection during a 2.7 percent drop in the gauge. That's the most trading in bearish contracts since May 7, 2010, the day after $862 billion was erased from the value of U.S. stocks in a matter of minutes." ...