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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher today, taking a positive lead from the US overnight. At 0800 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was up 55 points to 5,608, on a volume of 5612 contracts. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
The Australian market is expected to open slightly higher this morning, on a generally positive lead from Wall Street and a mixed performance from base metals in London overnight. At 0703 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index ...

Fear brings opportunity for the wise

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
Buy, sell, or run for the hills? January's Black Tuesday saw the axing of over $100 billion from the share market, but savvy investors will realise the ailing stock market still boasts lucrative investment opportunities. According to a report by wise-owl ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
The Australian share market has received mixed leads from overseas. Stocks on Wall Street overnight rallied, then fell again on disappointing sales figures from Macy's Inc and a warning by a Federal Reserve official that inflation was still a key concern. ...

ASSET switches to Integrity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
ASSET Super has granted a $75 million Australian equities mandate to Integrity Investment Management, a deal that ends the super fund's four-year relationship with Concord Capital. "Concord weren't providing the performance the fund required. Investments ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower following declines in US stocks overnight. In London, base metal prices mostly were weaker. At 0646 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was down 72 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher following a strong lead from Wall Street. In London, base metal prices were mostly weaker. At 0717 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was up 202 points ...

Cautiously upbeat: Economists Forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
Sub-prime was the American Dialect Society's 2007 word of the year but 2008's might be stagflation or even agflation, leading economists told today's Chief Economists Forum in Sydney. "There is a recession in US housing and it will get worse and even ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher as New York surged after a major bond insurer reassured investors about its stability, fueling a rebound by financial shares hammered recently by the prospect of crumbling credit markets. In London ...

High conviction champions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
Opportunistic and high conviction funds passed the 'bear market test' with flying colours, based on recent performance data. Critics have argued that opportunistic and high conviction funds - designed to perform well during a market fallout - are so ...