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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street's rocky start ended with a more-than-one-per-cent gain, shrugging off fears that central banks will soon end their stimulus measures. At 0805 AEST on Friday, the June share price index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
The Australian share market is set to open lower as forecasts of slower global economic growth caused falls on overseas markets. At 0755 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 22 points at 4,959. Wall Street and European ...

It doesn't compute

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... still defer to my big namesake, Big Ben Bernanke. He'll sort these out when he speaks before the Bard College at Simon's Rock Commencement, Great Barrington, Massachusetts on "Economic Prospects for the Long Run". Hope it's not the "in the long run ...

IM focus at slimmed down Russell

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... "It's in our sales and marketing departments that we've see most of the turnover, our investment division has remained our rock of stability," he said. Schoenheimer warns that for Australia to remain a competitive environment for the world's top financial ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a mixed performance on Wall Street where the S&P500 reached an all-time high. At 0828 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 5,166. In economic news on ...

Warren Buffett praises Fed stimulus measures

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
Legendary investor Warren Buffett praised the US Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus measures at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting in Nebraska. Buffett, who is chairman and chief executive of the global conglomerate, said that the decision ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
The Australian stock market looks set to open weaker after a negative finish on overseas markets. At 0757 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was 63 points lower at 4,898 points, with 4,654 contracts traded. In economics news ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after weak US employment figures late last week. At 0750 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was five points lower at 4,890, with 5,092 contracts traded. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Active management a 2% tax drag

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... said Parametric chief investment officer David Stein. "The media focuses on the exciting world of securities trading and the rock star world of active management because tax is perceived as boring. But active tax management can lead to large performance ...

Treasuries - safe but not so rewarding

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... (by taxing bank deposits, etc.) of its own in order to avail of a,-10 billion bail out. Talk about being crushed between a rock and hard object. Bank run if it does bankrupt if it doesn't. And so Virginia, we're back to the usual speculations of not ...