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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
Australian stocks were firmer at noon, with strong gains among financial and resources companies leading the broader market higher. At 1203 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 64.3 points, or 1.47 per cent, at 4,444.6 points, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
The Australian share market is likely to open higher as the second-quarter earnings season in the US got off to a positive start. After Wall Street closed marginally higher, aluminum maker Alcoa beat analysts' expectations and raised its forecast for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
The Australian market is likely to open higher after another surge on overseas markets overnight. Key indices were higher, as was oil and copper, although silver and gold were lower. At 0728 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price ...

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
It took Wall Street a full day to convince itself that there must be something in the sharp turnaround in Asian and European equity markets the other day. US equities rose only about half a per cent the day the others jumped between 2 per cent and almost ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
The Australian market has received positive leads from overnight trading offshore, with all three key US indices and European markets all recording strong gains. Key commodities -- oil and metals -- also were higher. At 0735 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
The Australian market is likely to open weaker on Monday after an unexpected decline in the US unemployment rate had US stocks close lower on Friday. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 30 points ...

The disappearing act of lose-lose funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
Fund managers and super funds are responding to the 'credibility gap' in the wake of the GFC with major reforms to the way they structure fees, create products and meet their fiduciary duties, research found. This week, UK-based CREATE-Research released ...

Bad news bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
Looks like the financial markets are not getting any reprieve from this month's instalment of economic data releases. You guessed it! It was another down day on Wall Street overnight as Murphy's Law made its presence felt. "If anything could go wrong ...

Down on old news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
What really was Moody's intention in announcing that it may downgrade Spain's credit rating last night? Is it Moody's way of proving that it still matters? That it could still move markets? According to Bloomberg, "US stocks fell, extending the first ...

Market Wrap - Mid-Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
The Australian share market opened one per cent lower, after falls on Wall Street sparked by weak employment figures. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 39.8 points, or 0.93 per cent, at 4261.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...