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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
The Australian market looks set to begin the week with gains after a rise in commodity prices on Friday. World stock markets had a relatively flat end to last week, but oil and base metals prices rose, which could give a boost to Australia's major resources ...

Flip flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... much agree with this statement 39.2% I very much disagree with this statement 13.5% I disagree since currency hedging is a wash over time 31.1% No opinion 16.2% 6. What will happen to the Eurozone? The Eurozone will stay intact 35.4% Greece but no other ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a mixed performance on Wall Street and as markets await the outcome of a eurozone ministers meeting on a Greek bailout package. At 0644 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Giving thanks to thanksgiving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
Perhaps it's the drunken reverie that comes after stuffing too much stuffed turkey laced with cranberry sauce and downed with a bottle (or four) of cold Budweisers that turned Wall Street's mood into one of optimism last week. The S&P 500 index ended ...

Blame the G

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012

Fool me not again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice... Has anybody heard about the US fiscal cliff? Of course everybody has. Nobody can miss it even if they try. Not you, not I, not Irene. Yes, not you too Virginia. It's all over... everywhere. Not when that ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
Australian stocks are set for a weak start on Monday as world markets are dominated by concerns about the looming "fiscal cliff" in the United States. US lawmakers have until December 31 to work out a compromise to avoid tax increases and government ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
The results are all in. The week of punting is over... almost. And what have we got? A few lucky ones who gambled their life savings on "Green Moon" to win the Melbourne Cup and those who chose the seven winning numbers in Australia's A$100 million ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Australian stocks look set to open lower following further falls on international markets overnight after European central banks held key interest rates at record low levels and debt-stricken Greece approved new austerity measures. At 0631 AEDT on Friday ...

FATCA discussions welcomed by FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
Formal discussions on an intergovernmental tax agreement were welcomed yesterday by the Financial Services Council. The Gillard Government announced this week that discussions have commenced with the United States on an intergovernmental agreement for ...