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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower on Thursday, after US and European equity markets declined following a disappointing report on the US service sector during July, and ahead of US jobs data due on Friday. At 0731 AEST on the Sydney ...

Greener than green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
Phew! That was a close call. Just when you thought Wall Street has run out of puff, a tail wind comes to lift its sails. The Dow and the S&P 500 spent most of last night's trading activity in the red. For most of the session, investors were cashing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received solid leads from overseas after US stocks surged and oil prices gained overnight. Gold and silver prices also were higher, while copper closed slightly weaker. At 0749 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

Yellow Brick Road drops acquisition strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
Yellow Brick Road, the financial planning business developed by Wizard Home Loans founder Mark Bouris, has dumped its acquisition strategy for an organic growth branch model - with the aim to open 150 practices in three years. Bouris said the business' ...

RBNZ could go zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
The New Zealand bond market has moved in lockstep with its neighbour across the Tasman as it always had historically. There are numerous debates on why this should or should not be so. But whatever the underlying reasons behind this strong positive ...

Bullish bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
Forty years ago today, what was thought beyond the realms of human possibility became reality. Man landed on the moon. No one also imagined Professor Nouriel Roubini turning into a bull. For as long as I care to remember Professor Nouriel Roubini was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open significantly higher after a strong surge on Wall Street sparked by a brighter economic outlook from the Federal Reserve. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

IFSA appoints Brogden as CEO

IFSA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
The former New South Wales Liberal Party and opposition leader, John Brogden, has been appointed chief executive of the Investment & Financial Services Association. Brogden will take up his post on 28th of August, following the resignation of IFSA's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open higher following mild gains on Wall Street overnight and higher commodity prices. At 0710 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 13 points higher at 3,748. In economic ...

Private investors on property buying spree

CBRE RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
The small end of the market is buying the big end of town, with research showing that private investors and syndicators accounted for two-thirds of all commercial property sales since January this year. The findings were from property group CB Richard ...