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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
The Australian stock market is tipped to open higher, following a strong US lead, before slipping back into the red as the high Australian dollar continues to put a dampener on local trade. At 0730 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures ...

Up, down or sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
1.00,1.03,1.05,1.08,1.10,1.20 - no these are not random numbers. These are the numbers marking the Australian dollar's recorded fresh - and fresher - after-float highs against its big brother, the US dollar. The last time I wrote about the value of ...

May go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Uh-oh, this is the last day for equity investors to decide whether or not to "sell in May and go away". An article Reuters published on 27 April reminded me so. In it, Reuters wrote, "Jeffrey Hirsch, publisher of the Stock Trader's Almanac, offers some ...

Great Southern case rages on

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Investors in a class action against failed agribusiness firm Great Southern live to fight another day after access to new documents has been approved. In a hearing held April 4, former Great Southern directors, Peter Patrikeos and Jeffrey Mews were ...

High net worth clients being under advised

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Advisers are not doing enough to make the most of out their relationships with high net worth clients, according to a survey of 1,287 US investors, with tax strategies and estate planning the biggest gaps. The Dow Jones Affluent Investor Study found ...

Adviser banned for life by ASIC

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
Former WealthSure financial adviser, Brian William Veitch, has been banned for life from providing financial advice following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ASIC alleges Veitch failed to comply with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
The Australian market has received positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with securities indices flat to higher, and precious metals and oil also rising. At 0716 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was four points ...

Three stars for Glennon small cap fund

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
The Glennon Capital Small Companies Portfolio fund was given a new rating of three stars by Standard and Poor's yesterday because of experienced management. The boutique firm says on its website that its Australian small cap equities model portfolio ...

Economic woes keep US growth in check

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
Fund managers hoping for a US GDP growth rate of 3 per cent or better are likely to be disappointed if Harvard academic Martin Feldstein is correct. Dr Feldstein recently told the Australian Centre for Financial Studies that the US was unlikely to achieve ...

Fincorp chief handed reduced jail term

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Former chief executive and chairman of Fincorp Investments, Eric Krecichwost, has been jailed for three and a half years. Krecichwost was sentenced at the Parramatta district court on April 8 in relation to three offences arising from the dishonest ...