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"Considerable time", is it a-changin'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... high and the yields on 10-year US Treasuries have risen by only 25 basis points to 2.59% from 2.34% at the start of September - still down from the 3.0% plus at the start of this year... and the VIX index is up to a still-low 14.12 reading. Compare this ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher following a mixed session on Wall Street and large losses locally on Monday. The September share price index futures contract is up three points at 5,476. US stocks have finished mixed as the tech-rich ...

Prominent families back Future Generation philanthropic fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
Mining magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest and high profile manufacturing dynasty, the Smorgon family, are among the initial investors in the Future Generation Investment Fund, which has officially commenced trading on the ASX. The new philanthropically-focused ...

Calendrically weak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... is that Wall Street might just be performing based on its calendar averages. Yes folks, it must only be because it's September - the month of the year which, according to 'The Stock Trader's Almanac', is when the stock averages, on average, performs ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open lower following Friday falls on Wall Street. The September share price index futures contract is down 19 points at 5,519. US stocks have dropped as the West slapped new sanctions on Russia and traders saw ...

FEATURE: The new financiers of infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
The complex business of financing infrastructure has traditionally been the preserve of banks. But Basel III has changed that. In the newly-restrictive lending environment, banks are approaching things differently, while non-bank investors are finding ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher despite a mixed session on Wall Street. The September share price index futures contract is up three points at 5,550. US stocks have finished little changed as concerns about the upcoming referendum ...

A tale of two A's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
We were treated to a tale of two A's over the past 24 hours - Apple and the A dollar. It was the best of times. Apple scripts jumped by 3.1% -- up 26% this year -- after launching its new products into the market. "Apple announced a smartwatch, mobile-payments ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher following overnight gains on Wall Street. The September share price index futures contract is up 18 points at 5,595. Enthusiasm about Apple's latest product launches have propelled US stocks higher ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower following a sell-off on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all ended more than half a per cent lower overnight after the closely-watched Apple product launch did little to excite ...