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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened slightly lower as weak iron-ore prices and concerns China's softening economy overshadows Wall Street's new highs. US markets performed strongly overnight but the iron ore price continued to fall putting pressure ...

Market Vectors Property ETF receives SQM rating

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
The Market Vectors Australian Property ETF has received a four-star superior rating from SQM Research. Market Vectors ETFs is the exchange traded fund business of Van Eck Global. "The rating confirms the robust nature of our Market Vectors Australian ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is set to open lower after Wall Street fell a day before the release of major US economic data. At 0700 AEST on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was 13 points lower at 5,524. In economic news on Thursday ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened on a positive note, led by the big banks, after an encouraging lead from the United States. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said US markets had risen on Tuesday following some good economic data, and the optimism ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is set to open higher after encouraging US economic data pushed Wall Street higher. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was six points higher at 5,533. In economic news on Wednesday, the ...

CBA leads on client satisfaction despite planning scandals

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
The scandals in Commonwealth Bank's (CBA) financial planning unit have not affected its clients' satisfaction, which is the highest of the big four banks. Clients rated their satisfaction with CBA advisers at 84.2% in the year to March 2014, a Roy Morgan ...

SPAA makes key corporate services appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
The SMSF Professional's' Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed two executives to focus on corporate development and corporate services. Richard Hockney will be SPAA's general manager of corporate development, while Joshua Geers has been appointed ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher with both the mining and banking stocks up. However, Invast Securities chief market analyst Peter Esho questioned whether mining and financial stocks have enough momentum to keep pushing much higher. "The ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has pushed above the 5,500 mark at the open on the back of a positive lead from markets in the United States last week. "We've just had a positive lead from Friday's trade. The US just kept ticking along nicely," IG market ...

Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... something - anything - as soon as next month. The central banks got our backs! So despite the sabre-rattling between the west and Russia, the military coup in Thailand, the advances by euro sceptic parties in the European elections, tensions between ...