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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... opening in negative territory, the three major indices recovered momentum in choppy trade. Investors shrugged off a weekend pledge by the leaders of the Group of 20 industrialised and developing nations to halve their government deficits by 2013. LONDON ...

Waiting to see

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... pace of US economic recovery, subdued inflation, threats from "developments abroad" (read Europe), and that ever-present pledge that "The Committee will continue to monitor the economic outlook and financial developments and will employ its policy tools ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
The Australian market has received flat to negative leads from overnight trading offshore. Wall Street's key indices were flat, but commodities were lower, as were European markets. At 0732 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, however, the September ...

To spend or not to spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... Japan and Canada are also in this camp. And just last night, the United Kingdom upped the tempo. Swept into power by its pledge of fiscal austerity, the UK's Conservative-led Coalition announced more spending cuts and tax increases on top of the spending ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... smaller second exchange edged up 0.6 per cent to 1,047.56. Euphoria over a rising yuan quickly eased because Beijing's pledge to allow more flexibility for the currency is considered a long-term process. Also dampening the market were European debt woes ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... down 20.71 points, or 0.9 per cent, at 2,289.09 points. LONDON - European stocks ended higher, boosted by China's weekend pledge to let the yuan trade more freely. The news raised hopes of increased Chinese demand for commodities and other goods, lifting ...

Make a pledge to grow your super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
The $7 billion HOSTPLUS has launched a new campaign encouraging members to "pledge to do one thing for their super" in an effort to rouse them to add more to their accounts. Wayne Sullivan, executive manager of marketing at HOSTPLUS, said the campaign ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
The Australian market is expected to open higher, on positive leads from overseas securities and commodities trading. At 0720 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 18 points higher at 4,872 points. In economic ...

Land of the free money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
Fed feeds equity market fervour. If you look at today's headlines, this is the message the various financial news services are trying to convey. "Wall St ends on 17-month high as rates hold" was Reuters' headline. Bloomberg had "U.S. Stocks Rise as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... points, or 0.2 per cent, to 4,809.1 points. NEW YORK - The Federal Reserve's mildly upbeat take on the US economy and its pledge to hold interest rates low sparked a spike in stocks shortly before Wall Street trading closed on Wednesdy. During late afternoon ...