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Down, down, A$ stay down (please?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... Bernanke gave no indication of when the Fed might start reducing its $US85 billion ($A90.39 billion) a month asset purchasing program. OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said profit-taking evident on the Australian market over the last few sessions ...

Mohammad goes to mountain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... 2.01 points to 23,036.94. The non-manufacturing numbers indicated the economy is showing signs of strength. The ISM purchasing managers' index for the service sector rose to 55.4 per cent in October - up from a September reading of 54.4 per cent and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 24 points at 5,414. China's official October purchasing managers' index (PMI) of manufacturing activity climbed to 51.4 from 51.1 in September, the highest reading since April 2012. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... copper which is the biggest driver, so the miners were off in London," he said. The release of China's manufacturing purchasing management index (PMI) data at midday AEDT will also be closely watched in Australia. Locally, the banks are mixed. National ...

US stimulus having no direct impact

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... sitting on $2 trillion in cash and not lending it out." In spite of a seemingly gigantic $85 billion a month asset purchasing program, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's first hint back in May that he would consider slowing the rate of stimulus ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... global share markets and solid manufacturing data from China were enough to keep the market in the black. The HSBC purchasing managers' index (PMI), released on Thursday, showed that China's manufacturing activity expanded at its strongest pace in seven ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... Paris rose 0.35 per cent to 4,275.69 points. Data published on Thursday by HSBC showed the bank's preliminary Chinese purchasing managers' index (PMI) for this month was 50.9, a significant improvement from September's 50.2 and the highest since 51.6 ...

ASIC warns consumers about NRAS property ads

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... eligibility to participate in the scheme is subject to restrictions. They must also highlight the likely fees associated with purchasing, tenanting and managing properties purchased from NRAS-approved participants and that to receive a total financial ...