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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... sector. In local economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases new motor vehicles sales figures for October In equities news, Elders is due to post full year results, Arrium has its annual general meeting in Sydney and Virgin ...

Bullish sentiment at 4-year high, expect zero return in six months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... to they've been able to wean Wall Street off of QE successfully. Since the Fed's announcement of the final taper on 29 October, the S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq have appreciated by 2.8% and the Dow by 4.0%; the VIX index has fallen to a reading of 13.8 ...

CBA chairman defends compensation program at AGM

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... "our commitment to make it right for customers who have any concerns regarding financial planning advice received." In October, the program had received registrations from about 4,200 customers seeking review and Turner confirmed that "since then it ...

Conditions and confidence collide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
"Clearly the most surprising feature of the Survey was the sharp jump in business conditions in October (the largest monthly increase in the history of the survey)." This was the first sentence in the 'Key Points' of the NAB Monthly Business Survey ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... recent rally to hit a seven-year high. Tokyo rose 2.05 per cent, or 343.58 points, to 17,124.11 - its best finish since October 2007 - while Seoul added 0.24 per cent, or 4.77 points, to 1,936.00 and Hong Kong ended 0.27 per cent, or 63.58 points, higher ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... speak at the Australian Securitisation Conference in Sydney. The National Australia Bank's monthly business survey for October is due out, as is the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey. In equities news, Incitec Pivot is expected to post ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 indices edged to fresh records after the US economy added 214,000 jobs in October and the unemployment rate fell.

Ruble trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... cushion. But it would also increase upward pressure on inflation through higher import prices. The Bank of Russia's 31 October decision to lift its policy interest rate by 150 basis points from 8.0% to 9.5% reveals the central bank's priorities - hosing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... at 5,550. The Dow gained 0.11 per cent to 17,573.93, while the S&P 500 edged up 0.03 per cent to 2,031.92. But the US' October jobs growth came in below the 235,000 expected by analysts, although, the Labor Department revised upward by a total of 31,000 ...

ETFs jump 44 pct to $13.6bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) climbed 44% in the year end October 2014 to reach $13.6 billion, reports figures just released by the ASX. But while the money managed in ETFs is surging the number of ETF products is relatively stable with just an extra ...