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Obama re-election to boost healthcare and banking stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
US President Barack Obama's re-election has removed uncertainty about the direction of banking and healthcare policies posing a raft of opportunities for investors, according to Origin Asset Management's John Birkhold. Four more years of Obama has removed ...

Giving thanks to thanksgiving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... up the fiscal cliff, absent offsetting changes, would pose a substantial threat to the recovery" to hopes that the US President and the US Congress would reach a deal to steer the economy away from the fiscal cliff. Hey, wasn't this what we've been saying ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... said the Australian market had followed Wall Street's lead. The Dow Jones Average plunged to close at 184.92 after US President Barack Obama challenged Republicans to accept tax increases for the wealthy in a deal to avert the so-called year-end fiscal ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... the broader All Ordinaries index was up 6.5 points, or 0.15 per cent, at 4,410.7. NEW YORK - US stocks tumbled as US President Barack Obama challenged Republicans to accept tax increases for the wealthy in a deal to avert the year-end fiscal cliff. After ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... sent Wall Street diving again and dealers running. The yen remained elevated after Barack Obama's re-election as US president stoked concerns of political gridlock in Washington with a "fiscal cliff" approaching that could tip the country back into recession. ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
Australian stocks are more than one per cent lower as weakness in the finance and resources-linked sectors lead broad-based declines. At 1027 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 55.9 points, or 1.24 per cent, at 4,460.6 points ...

Reliance on improving global economy threatens big-four in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... if too much of their fortunes are hitched to an expected strengthening global economy following the re-election of US President Barrack Obama yesterday, says Ernst & Young's Paul Siviour. Despite combined cash earnings of more than $25 billion underlying ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street tumbled following US President Barack Obama's re-election, with investors now seeing a tough battle with Republicans over a looming "fiscal cliff". At 0630 AEDT on Thursday, the December ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Australian stocks are slightly higher after positive leads from Europe and Wall Street. At 1018 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 7.9 points, or 0.18 per cent, at 4,492.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen ...

Political punch trading greatest risk to US economy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Whatever the outcome of the US presidential election, the new leader must avoid being embroiled in political points scoring and instead focus on cementing the global recovery, according to Clime's Paul Zwi. As we wait for the votes to be counted Zwi ...