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Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... and the Obama administration? There was good news there over the weekend. US non-farm payrolls increased by 290,000 in April -- much, much more than the expected gain of 190,000. This marked the fourth consecutive rise in employment and the fifth in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to post a huge decline at the start of Friday's trading day, following a horror night on offshore markets as Wall Street shed more than three per cent and commodities prices went backwards. At 0757 AEST on the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
The Australian share market at noon on Wednesday was sharply lower, after overseas markets fell on concerns about the Greek debt situation. Local investors also showed anxiety over the potential impact of the federal government's proposed resource tax ...

Sell in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... data out of America shows that the economic recovery there is progressing. The ISM manufacturing index rose to 60.4 in April -- higher than expected, the ninth consecutive month it has been in growth territory and the biggest increase since June 2004. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
Australian shares are likely to slump on Wednesday after US and European stocks dropped as fears spread that Europe's attempt to contain Greece's debt crisis would fail. At 0732 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract ...

Fundies caught in $5m heist

SFC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
Hong Kong's regulator moves to ban New York-based Tiger Asia Management from dealing shares in the country ever again after it caught the fund's directors guilty of insider trading - twice. Last August, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) applied ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market has received a positive lead from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing higher and oil and gold prices firmer. At 0741 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 20 points higher at ...

BTIM wins in Aussie equities

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
Australian equities strategies have proven to be a boon for BT Investment Management, which reported $400 million in inflows into the asset class, according to the firm's latest results. The popularity of the group's domestic equities funds was among ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower, following a weak finish on Wall Street during Friday night's offshore session. At the close of Friday night's session on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 62 points ...

Too much ado about Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
So what was the hulaballoo of the past two days all about? It's now looking like too much ado about Greece, and Portugal, and Spain, and... Smokin'! What worries me more is the 25 per cent increase in tobacco tax by Krudd and the Reserve Bank of Australia ...