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Time to go away?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... 2000 are starting to slowly weave their way into the blogosphere. According to Bloomberg, "Technology shares were hit as traders dumped the biggest winners of the bull market amid concern valuations have advanced too far... The Nasdaq Composite Index... ...

Front-runners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... picture remaining as it was when we left it in March, financial markets bobbed up and down over the course of the week. Traders bought and sold for whatever reason - rebalancing, repositioning, arbitrage, etc. It was just the usual garden variety random ...

ISA attacks financial 'short-termism'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... to overweigh near-term outcomes relative to future long-term growth opportunities." ISA argued that investment bankers, traders, executives, analysts and financial advisers were all guilty of short-termism due to various pressures. The submission made ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... Locally, no major economic or equities news is expected on Friday. In Australia, the market on Thursday made modest gains but traders said a relatively flat day was disappointing after the release of strong Chinese economic data. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

FBI launches probe into high speed traders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are looking into ties between high-speed traders and major exchanges, examining whether the firms are getting preferential treatment that puts other investors at a ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... maintain its extraordinary measures until the jobless rate falls a lot more. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets slid, with traders saying many investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of a European Central Bank interest rate decision. London's FTSE ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... stock markets closed mostly lower, snapping a two-day winning streak, as fresh concerns over Ukraine came to the fore and traders cashed in profits from the recent rally. Wall Street followed the European markets lower at the opening bell, but pared ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... of official data showing a drop in British inflation. Frankfurt's DAX 30 jumped 1.63 per cent to 9,338.40 points, with traders shrugging off news of falling German business confidence. In Paris, the CAC 40 climbed 1.59 per cent to 4,344.12 points. The ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... that he had no designs on a larger break-up of Ukraine eased investor tensions. But there was no conviction among local traders after the market's recent positive run, and ongoing doubts about Chinese economic growth, IG chief market strategist Chris ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... stocks and overtake "psychological resistance" to new records. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have closed mixed as traders assessed unease over China and Ukraine in the absence of major regional data releases, analysts say. London's FTSE 100 ended ...