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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... batch of US economic data and details of a bankruptcy plan for General Motors. Energy shares led gains after the US government reported a larger-than-expected decline in US crude oil inventories, sparking hopes of a recovery in demand that sent oil prices ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... for a deal to swap debt for equity, making a bankruptcy filing more likely. Fears also re-emerged about ballooning US government debt and its impact on borrowing costs amid a prolonged recession, pushing yields for US Treasury bonds higher. The Dow Jones ...

Super escapes budget knives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
Generally positive reactions by wealth managers to the second Rudd-Swan federal budget indicate the industry increasingly knows its place in the political landscape. Driving the mooted reaction is how kind the Treasurer Wayne Swan was to the superannuation ...

Govt continues to target high income HHs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
Speculation the government will cut back the health insurance rebate for high income earners lends weight to where it might wield the superannuation axe. A story published this morning in the Australian newspaper reports that the health insurance rebate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... faltered in late trading, weighed down by losses on Wall Street where investors were anxious ahead of results from US government "stress tests" on key lenders. After a robust start to the day, several markets in Europe lost ground. The London FTSE 100 ...

Passive managers win insto favour

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... agency debt. "[TLGP debt] is issued by financial institutions but are guaranteed in terms of credit worthiness by the US Government," he said. Lacaille also highlights agency debt as an important investment opportunity for cautious investors - particularly ...

Sick of swines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... Wall Street last night are opposing signals for the future. The negative. The Wall Street Journal reported that the US government's stress test would show that Bank of America and Citigroup failed - they will both need additional capital. The Journal ...

Surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... in the US, beat earnings expectations US$23 cents a share against US$13 cents. This is good unless of course the US government has filled their beds with all of the sub-prime borrowers that have lost their homes. There are so many of them that Marriott ...

Taking a breather

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... outcome. Eli Lilly and Halliburton also beat estimates. The still-to-be news. Yesterday I warned that the result of US government's stress testing of its banks on 4 May has a great potential for disappointment no matter what the outcome. But you've gone ...

Risk of indigestion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... to knock the market back down with one or two 'big' disappointing news events. One could come on 4 May when the US government releases the results of the stress tests it conducted on 19 banks. US financial regulators and the Treasury are right now worrying ...