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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
The Australian stock market is likely to fall after US equities slumped more than three per cent on renewed concerns that problems in the banking industry aren't over. At 0830 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March Share Price Index futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
The Australian stock market may gain after US equities and commodity prices rose on Friday. At 0735 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March Share Price Index futures contract was up ten points at 3,534. In economic news, the Australian Bureau ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... 336.31 points to 13,846.09. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket slipped again on light volume mostly because US equities ended lower. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed down 23.96 points, or 0.88 per cent, at 2706.72. In early trade today, the NZ ...

G20 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... Attractive valuation? Crisis solved? Factor X? Whatever the reason, Wall Street see'd again when it should have saw'ed. US equities surged almost 7 per cent last night despite a plethora of more gloomy news. Below are some of the overnight news headlines ...

Fidelity gears for reflation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
Fidelity International has rejigged its asset allocation - buying more US equities and government bonds - to prepare its portfolios for a market that is moving into the reflation stage of the economic cycle. "There's an old adage that says the markets ...

HFs continue to outperform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... in September. Despite continued bad markets, hedge fund managers are slightly more optimistic about the future of US equities. For example, the Greenwich Alternative Investments Market Sentiment Indicator found 27 per cent are 'bullish' on US equities ...

Central Banks must unite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... to the RBA's shock and awe tactic - speculating that their own central banks would follow our central bank's lead - US equities were nonplussed. Hopes that the US Federal Reserve will lower interest rates at its FOMC meeting next week and news of another ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
Local stocks may trade lower today after US equities markets fell by close to four per cent, while Europe suffered less but also was in the red. The key Wall Street indices all were down, as were commodities, including oil, gold, silver, and copper. ...

Is offshore investment necessary?

... This suggests that the diversification benefits for Australian investors allocating a portion of their portfolio to US equities are not constant. Other times, particularly when influences are global in nature, diversification appears to be meaningless. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market may rise slightly today after US equities were mixed but little changed overnight and commodities, too, were mixed, with oil and gold falling and copper gaining. At 0707 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September ...