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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... real GDP was still growing strongly up to the second quarter of 2008 and the unemployment rate did not rise significantly above 5.5 per cent until later that year. Better late than wrong! The Committee would lose all credibility if it changes dates because ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... on leading a sustainable company in 2010 and beyond. In Australia on Monday, the share market's bellwether index closed above 5,000 points for the first time since the global financial crisis over 18 months ago, driven by stronger resource stocks. The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... while the broader All Ordinaries index lifted 34.6 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 5,007.5. The All Ordinaries index last closed above 5,000 points on September 22, 2008, at 5,050 points, but the market trend then was downward. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... 11,000 for the first time since September 29, 2008, briefly touching 11,000.98. The last time the blue-chip index closed above 11,000 was September 26, 2008, 11 days after the collapse of Lehman Brothers triggered a financial meltdown that led to the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... fell one per cent to 985.99. The Nikkei's RSI (relative strength index) slipped to 64, below the overbought level of 70 and above, after rising to 76 earlier this week. HONG KONG - Investors cashed in on recent gains in Asian stock markets on Thursday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... 995.54. The Nikkei's relative strength index (RSI) has fallen slightly from a peak of 76 hit earlier this week but still held above 70, which is considered overbought territory. But the Nikkei's trend looks bullish on daily Ichimoku charts. HONG KONG ...

Bad news on Good Friday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... press would have focused on the observation that the March reading marks the sixth consecutive month that the index has been above the 50 expansion/contraction mark. It might have expanded less in March, but it's still expanding! More important, the ...

Hyperion wins $300m Optimix mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... investors. "With strong interest in Hyperion's funds management capabilities, one may be tempted to continue to take funds above our limits," he said. "However, just as we are disciplined in our investment process by only holding stocks of the highest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... boosted confidence in the economy. The Commerce Department said consumer spending rose 0.3 per cent in February, which was above market expectations of a 0.1 per cent increase. Meanwhile, easing concern about debt problems in Greece reduced demand for ...

BT Super for Life hits the mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... balanced option returning more than 17 per cent over the same period. SelectingSuper said these returns are significantly above the performance being achieved by industry funds in these same segments. To date, about a third of these new customers have ...