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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... stocks have risen amid solid data on housing and consumer confidence and as reports of a $US17 billion ($A16.51 billion) Apple bond sale cheered investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 21.05 (0.14 per cent) to 14,839.80. The broad-based S&P ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... stocks have risen amid solid data on housing and consumer confidence and as reports of a $US17 billion ($A16.51 billion) Apple bond sale cheered investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 21.05 (0.14 per cent) to 14,839.80. The broad-based S&P ...

Facebook users moving on

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... parents and so as their parents have adopted Facebook, they are less interested in it. Incidentally, this is a trend that Apple is also battling. This change is reinforced by teenagers increasingly going mobile and turning to more mobile-friendly apps ...

A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... districts reporting modest growth and others accelerating expansion. But as the saying goes, seek and ye shall find. Found it! Apple fell because Cirrus -- maker of sound components for its iPhone and iPad - reported less than expected revenue. It's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed sharply lower in the wake of disappointing earnings reports and a 5.5 per cent plunge in Apple shares, along with dreary economic sentiment in Europe. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had fallen ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... per cent), Merck (+2.9 per cent), Pfizer (+2.8 per cent) and Microsoft (+2.3 per cent). Top Nasdaq companies also scored. Apple was up 2 per cent and Google 1.6 per cent, while added 3.3 per cent and Micron Technology surged 5.4 per cent. CarMax put ...

Most equity investors upping overseas exposure: survey

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... stocks. "With Skaffold Global, active investors can now access key financial data and forecast information on global giants Apple, Google, General Electric, Chevron, Procter & Gamble, Singapore Airlines and even Facebook if they so wish," said Batchelor. ...

FPA reiterates need for professional qualifications

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is reminding financial planners through a new marketing campaign that from 1 July 2013 it will be mandatory to hold an approved degree to become a member of the professional association. The advertising campaign ...

Advisers open to double allocation to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... investment potential right across the value chain in the manufacture and consumption of mobile phones. With Samsung and Apple in a state of flux about which manufacturer will produce the dominant handset, Lodha has opted to own third party companies ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... 14.59 points (0.96 per cent) at 1,539.79. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite outpaced both, helped by a 2.6 per cent rise in Apple shares, adding 42.10 (1.32 per cent) to end at 3,224.13. The record-smashing performance came exactly four years after the ...