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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... growing, but the pace at which it's growing to slow down a bit, from 8.1 per cent to 7.9 per cent for the year." Hong Kong stocks closed 2.03 per cent lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Hang Seng Index giving up 394.76 points to end at 19,025.11 on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... hit a new two-year US dollar low, as sentiment was jarred by spiking Spanish bond yields and eurozone debt fears. Madrid stocks slumped and Spanish 10-year bond yields surged back towards the danger level of seven per cent, as investor enthusiasm evaporated ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... system amid a weak recovery, but that the Fed was split on how, when and if to provide more stimulus. LONDON - European stocks struggled as investors fret over the global impact of the eurozone crisis and poor US earnings, but sentiment has been partly ...

A-REIT concentration raises active mgt questions

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... Accumulation Index or the S&P/ASX-300 A-REIT Accumulation Index, the two indices are very similar due to the small number of stocks in the sector. There are just three stocks in the ASX-200 to 300 bracket, said Sam Morris, Lonsec's senior investment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
The Australian share market has fallen as investors sell off local mining stocks following falls on Wall Street. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down seven points, or 0.17 per cent, at 4,090, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... cent, at 4,098.0 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell 21.9 points, or 0.53 per cent, to 4,137.9 points. US stocks closed sharply lower Tuesday as investors digested a positive start to earnings season, a eurozone deal to help support Spain ...

BetaShares launches BEAR Fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... retail, financial advisers, stockbrokers and fund managers with long only mandates. "The practice of shorting individual stocks, for example, can be difficult and expensive for investors to implement. "By contrast, the BEAR Fund can be bought and sold ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... Australia came despite falls on Wall Street and European markets overnight following a spike in Spanish bond yields. US stocks fell ahead of the opening of earnings season, with the slow economy and worries about European stability and Chinese growth ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... at 4,118.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had shed 39.2 points, or 0.93 per cent, at 4,159.8 points. US stocks fell ahead of the opening of earnings season, with the slow economy and worries about European stability and Chinese growth ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... $21.81 from $1600.76 on Friday. At 1020 AEST National turnover was 159 million securities worth $271 million, with 142 stocks up, 368 down and 215 unchanged.