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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket is positioned to open higher this morning, with metal prices patchy overnight and stocks gaining in the US. At 0826 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price Index was up 42 points to 6589. Today, the Australian ...

The long and the short of JANA

Lonsec has upgraded its "investment grade" rating on JANA's long/short funds to "recommended" due to the group's well-resourced and highly experienced research team led by long-time JANA executive John Coombe and new head of Australian equities Aidan ...

Sub-prime currency fall-out

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
With central banks lowering official interest rates in response to sub-prime induced credit crunches rather than due to fundamental parameters, we could be in for some unpredictable currency movements. This week the US Federal Reserve slashed their ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today after a weak lead from Wall Street, as surging oil prices and a tumbling dollar rekindled inflation worries. At 0810 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September Share Price Index was ...

Insto investors down but not out

A leading barometer on investor confidence has found that a lower number of institutions were bullish about the equities markets over the last month. The State Street Investor Confidence index analyses the buying and selling patterns of institutional ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher today following a healthy lead from Wall Street and from international metals prices, both buoyed by the US interest rates. At 0700 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September Share Price ...

King doubles size after buying spree

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
King Financial Services has doubled its size after it acquired two advisory groups with a combined funds under advice (FUA) of $290 million. The Canberra-based company is now one of the largest financial planning firms in the Australian Capital Territory ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
The Australian dollar was stronger at noon amid perceptions that confidence was returning to financial markets, particularly global credit markets. At 1200 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.8381/89, up from yesterday's close of 0.8358/64. ...

Money can't buy confidence

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
Consumer confidence has bounced back, after an 8.1 per cent fall last month, to 14.3 per cent above last year's levels and 13.9 per cent above the 20-year average. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute (W-MI) Index of Consumer Sentiment rose by 4.2 per cent ...

Confidence down but not out

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... non-farm GDP (the Statistician's measure of real income/output) looks to be running at about 4 per cent in the year to August - much the same as during 2006 and arguably a bit below the Statistician's latest reading for the March quarter. Strong public ...