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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell as investors awaited Apple earnings results and a Federal Reserve policy meeting. At 0816 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up nine points at 5,981. In ...

PIMCO sees opportunity in EU bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
Low bond yields in Europe could be a buying opportunity even if the situation in Greece adds volatility to the market, PIMCO chief investment officer of asset allocation and real return Mihir Worah said. Worah presented PIMCO's long term outlook and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street gained on Friday with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq both reaching new record highs.A At 0808 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was up 24 points at 5,962. No major ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... inflation up to the BOJ's 2.0% target. The more up-to-date Markit flash Japan manufacturing PMI - 49.7 in April from 50.3 in March - confirms the weakening momentum in the economy. To wit: "The latest index was the lowest seen since April of last year ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains on Wall Street overnight. At 0654 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,858. In the US, the Nasdaq index smashed its 15-year-old record Thursday ...

Go flip a coin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... "Automotive fuel fell in November (-4.2%), December (-8.4%) and January (-11.6%) before rising in February (+5.1%) and March (+10.3%)." So "no", the RBA won't risk policy based on a measure that's based on highly volatile price fluctuations. This is ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street posted solid gains following a big jump in US existing-home sales and a mixed bag of earnings reports from Boeing, McDonald's and others. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the June share price ...

BOE no change, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... indicate that further improvement in the labour market is in store. UK claimant count unemployment fell another 20,700 in March - the 33rd consecutive month of decline - to 772,400 (the lowest in 40 years). This adds to positive indications from the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
The Australian sharemarket is posting gains on the back of positive offshore leads, China's new stimulus package and rises in some commodities prices. However it gave up some of the morning's gains, going from 0.9 per cent to 0.6 per cent higher after ...

The bad and the bad and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
It's bad, it's bad, it's bad you know it. They say bad news come in threes - we've got all three at the end of last week. Greece running out of money and reform deal still looks unlikely heading into its meeting with 'the institutions' four days and ...