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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher, continuing that gains that reached a four-and-a-half year high and as the Dow Jones extends its record-breaking run. At 0800 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up six points ...

TAL wins Life Company of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
TAL has been named the Plan For Life (PFL)/Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) 2012 Life Company of the Year for the second year in a row. As well as winning the overall Platinum Award, TAL also took away the Term/TPD Product Award and was a finalist ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to an all-time high. The Dow finished up 125.95 points for the day, a 0.89 per cent gain, to 14,253.77, easily beating the former closing record of 14,164.53 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
The Australian market has shot up by more than one-and-a-half per cent at noon, with investors using yesterday's falls to lap up cheaper stocks. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner describes it as a relief rally following Monday's decline. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after falling sharply on Monday dragged down by the resourses sector and following mixed results on international bourses. At 0630 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 31 ...

Time for Japan sceptics to think again

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
The Bank of Japan's shift to a pro-business policy is a landmark decision, according to Nikko AM, which believes that the world's third largest economy is finally ready to deliver after two decades of sub-standard returns. Japanese equities have delivered ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower despite Wall Street reaching a five-year high as it shrugged off the risks to the world's largest economy of impending federal spending cuts and bid up equities At 0630 AEDT on Monday, the March ...

Falling gold price a buying opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
A sliding gold price in the wake of renewed market optimism could present an attractive entry point for investors who are still mindful of the risks that threaten the global recovery, according to ETF Securities Australia and New Zealand head Danny ...

Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Phew! We got passed that air pocket so easily, didn't we now? Equities are once again flying high. Never mind the still inconclusive Italian elections because judging from last night's Italian bond auction, financial markets aren't really that scared. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after a strong showing on Wall Street and European bourses rebounded on better-than-expected bond auctions in Italy. At 0830 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 41 points ...