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AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... 4,396 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell 35.1 points, or 0.78 per cent, to 4,459.4 points. NEW YORK - US stocks plummeted on Friday after the release of disappointing jobs data for April, with tech giants leading the way on fears that ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
Australian stocks remained weaker at noon as investors reduced their exposure to riskier investments ahead of the release of important economic data in the United States. Commodities stocks weighed on the market, following a trend set on overseas markets ...

Securities lending is not short selling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... dealers it plays an important tactical role in their trading activity. According to the ASX, at the moment the value of stocks on loan amounts to only $22 billion or 1.5% of the market. Traders are borrowing stock in about half of all companies, though ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... 10-year Treasury yield rose by a fraction to 1.92 per cent, while the 30-year was flat at 3.11 per cent. LONDON - European stocks were little changed as the European Central Bank kept interest rates at record lows but gave no indication of when or if ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
The Australian stocks market was flat in quiet trading conditions at noon, as gains among financial shares were offset by weakness in the energy and gold sector. At 1215 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 1.3 points, or 0.03 per ...

The revival of stock picking

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... funds that take quite high conviction, concentrated bets in areas of dispersion with up to 12% positions in individual stocks. To accommodate the volatility that will naturally accompany these managers, position-level risk is diversified at the fund ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... points, while the broader All Ordinaries index edged up 7.5 points, or 0.17 per cent, to 4,504.8 points. NEW YORK - US stocks clawed back early sharp losses on disappointing data on private-sector job growth Wednesday, with the Nasdaq index ending in ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... risen 30 cents to $36.27 and Rio was 62 cents higher at $66.41. The energy sector was up 0.64 per cent, while materials stocks were 0.51 per cent higher, according to IRESS data. However, financial stocks were down 0.27 per cent. Macquarie Private Wealth ...

Stay or stay away this May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... Equity markets started off strong in 2010 and 2011 only to lose their footings by the second half. In both 2010 and 2011 stocks started strong, lost steam towards mid-year and came back up by October. My back of the envelope calculation shows that investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... slightly to $US1.6224 but was stable against the European single currency at 81.52 pence per euro. TOKYO, May 1 AFP - Tokyo stocks have lost 1.78 per cent to close at their lowest level in nearly 11 weeks with exporters' shares dragged down by the yen's ...