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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open little changed on Monday after overseas equity and commodity prices were little changed. At 0725 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was one point higher at 4,820 points. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... marginally lower as investors worried that China may move to cool economic growth after a higher than expected inflation figure. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 5.8 points, or 0.12 per cent, lower at 4,814.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... showed the unemployment rate had risen to 5.3 per cent, from a downwardly revised 5.2 per cent in January. "The unemployment figure that was just announced looked like it was just a little bit weaker than the market was expecting," RBS Morgans Ipswich ...

Super assets reach $1.23 trillion

APRA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
Another quarter, another $39 billion. The latest APRA figures show that the superannuation industry continues to grow - but some funds have done better than others in the three months to December. Over the December quarter, the assets of industry funds ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
The Australian stock market has received a mixed set of leads from offshore trading, with Wall Street and crude oil finishing higher, but precious and base metals prices were weaker. At 0827 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
The Australian stock market had moved into the red at noon on Wednesday after eight straight session of gains, led by weaker materials and property sectors. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 13.8 points lower, by 0.29 per cent, at 4,806.3 ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... is and what the potential global growth rate is, the WB did not specify. It is scarier letting the market's imagination figure out the numbers. That other global institution -- the Asian Development Bank (ADB) - also made the news with its announcement ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket has received positive leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing higher and commodities prices firmer. At 0720 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 65 points higher at 4,840. ...

US fund managers say long term, trade short term

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
A US-based study has found many US fund managers are churning their portfolio more often than they said they would - giving new evidence that short-termism is rife and long-termism is just lip service for many. The study found nearly two thirds of institutionally ...

While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... report is expected to show real GDP expanded by 0.9 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year. But whether or not this figure comes in within expectations, this is old news. More recent reports point to one of continued strength in the Australian economy. ...