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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 ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following strong gains on Wall Street as Americans head to the polls in the presidential election. At 0700 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was up nine points at 4,482. ...

Market Wrap early AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... in October to the highest level for at least 16 years. Eyes are on the world's two biggest economies this week, as US President Barack Obama battles for re-election in a tight race against Republican challenger Mitt Romney and Beijing is expected to ...

Poisoned chalice awaits next US president

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Whatever the outcome of the US election, the President will have to face up to fiscal cliff or jeopardise the global recovery, according to Standard Life Investment's Andrew Milligan. With both presidential candidates rounding the final corner of their ...

Uncertainty goes uncertainty comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
"The uncertainty is the worst"... I saw this story on theage.com.au website that quoted a certain Jessica Levitt - a resident of one of the Sandy-affected cities in the States - conveying her feelings in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy - reportedly ...

Not long now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
Australia's trading session had already called it off for the week when the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released the better-than-expected scorecard for the economy. But don't despair Virginia, we didn't miss much. Better ...

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
"Stocks end lower after Fed decision." This was the title of a video from 'The Wall Street Journal' that encapsulates all the other headlines that answer the 'why' for the weak performance of those scripts on The Street last night. But what did the ...

No BO news till elections please?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
You just gotta love the financial markets -- they don't run out of things to speculate about. With QE speculation over, the guessing game has shifted to whether or not QEs will work to bring back animal spirits and lead to a longer lasting and durable ...