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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
The Australian share market was trading at a two-month high at noon, after US stocks surged on the government's plan to remove bad assets from bank balance sheets. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 51.8 points, or 1.46 per cent, at 3,602.1 ...

Treasure for trash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
Here comes the meat! US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner finally served up the meat to his 10 February bail-out barbecue fizzler. And the market saw that it was good. Equity markets around the world rallied following the unveiling of the details ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to rise after US stocks surged on the government's plan to help banks remove bad assets from their books and a report that showed existing home sales rose in the US. At 0736 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Euro fixed income ETF assets grow 250 pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
European based fixed income exchange traded fund (ETF) assets under management (AUM) grew 250 per cent to more than $62 billion in just under two years. The latest data from Deutsche Bank found fixed income ETFs grew from just under $18 billion to over ...

REST activates growth strategy

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
The $13 billion REST Superannuation fund has made a radical change to its growth and defensive asset allocation split - jumping from 67/33 to today's 78/22 in less than 9 months. According to Damian Hill, chief executive of REST, the fund is increasingly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open marginally higher on Friday despite a fall in US stocks overnight. Gold, silver, copper and oil prices leapt higher overnight. At 0659 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after Wall Street shares rallied after the Federal Reserve announced its plan to buy $US1 trillion ($A1.51 trillion) of bonds in a bid to pull the US economy out of a severe recession. At 0647 AEDT ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after Wall Street shares rallied on Tuesday following a surprise jump in US housing starts. Gold, silver and copper prices were weaker, while oil was higher. At 0741 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
'Never underestimate the power of optimism.' (Camp Quality) This was perfectly proven by the equity markets' strong performance last week where many of the indices - if not all - spiked to their best weekly gain since November 2008. News reports and ...

Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
'Job losses worst for 18 years' (AFR). 'Australian Jobless Rate Climbs to 4-Year High of 5.2%' (Bloomberg). Boy oh boy, here we go again. Each time Australia's job numbers are updated, we get the media's display of their masochistic tendencies. We are ...