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Darkest before dawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
Well now, there we have it. If the January effect holds, US equity investors and the rest of us should all go on vacation and come back next year. The January effect postulates that the US stock market's performance for the entire month of January predicts ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower, after the falls in US equities, before attention turns to the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate decision. At 0720 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 64 ...

Solaris gets "highly recommended" rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
Lonsec awarded Solaris Investment Management's Core Australian Equity fund a 'highly recommended' rating. In its report, Lonsec said the 'long only' Australian equity fund's key strength is the experience of its ex-Suncorp investment team experience ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open higher on a positive lead from the US. Gold, copper and oil were down, but silver was up on Wall St. At 0812 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 43 points higher at 3,419. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received a mildly positive lead from Wall Street but stronger metal prices have pushed up the Sydney Futures Exchange. At 0816 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 16 points higher at 3,345. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
The Australian share market was a sea of red at noon with the materials sector leading the losses after a negative US lead and reports that the economies of Australia's three most important export destinations are softening. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark ...

Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Gung Hay Fat Choy! The English version of Happy New Year has not worked for financial markets so far. Perhaps the Chinese one will. The web says that in Cantonese these words also mean 'may prosperity be with you.' Indeed, may prosperity be with us ...

ASIC extends short selling ban till March

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
ASIC has extended the ban on covered short selling of financial stocks until 6 March, opposing the move of its UK counterpart FSA, which lifted its shorting ban last week. The regulator is concerned about lifting the ban after the Financial Services ...

Read between the headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... mining, retail and automotive sectors.' And so on. The All Ordinaries index closed more than 1 per cent higher on 19 January - the day the Access Report was splashed all over. And yesterday when the 'sky is falling on jobs' headlines made it onto computer ...

Insurance still tops: super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
Enhancing insurance products remains a priority for super funds and their providers in 2009 as government and industry funds re-jig their offerings for better member cover. Public sector super provider Super SA for instance has announced the roll-out ...