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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 33.73 (0.68 per cent) to 5,011.02. Dow member ExxonMobil rose 1.7 per cent and Marathon Oil surged 4.4 per cent as US crude prices finished at a 2015 peak. Bank of America fell 1.1 per cent after first-quarter ...

Women hedgies outperform but overlooked

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014

Growth and QE - will this time be different?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... courtesy of Cyprexit, Italian and Spanish political uncertainty (if I remember right, Greece was there too) - the Boston Marathon bombings and who could forget Duke Nu-Kim' Jong Un.A Not only that, these happened at the time that US budget spending is ...

Is it safe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... you wouldn't believe it. Christian Szell: Is it safe? Babe: No. It's not safe, it's... very dangerous, be careful. - Marathon Man Yes Virginia...decisions, decisions. But how do you know if it's time to buy, to sell or to hold when you still couldn't ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... IBM and McDonald were laggards. But volumes were down with the country fixated on the hunt for a suspect in the Boston marathon bombings that took three people's lives on Monday. LONDON - European equities mostly rose, mirroring gains in Asia, as investors ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... losses pared after a huge sell-off on Wall Street, while traders were spooked by a double bombing that hit the Boston Marathon. Tokyo on Tuesday fell 0.41 per cent, or 54.22 points, to 13,221.44, and Seoul ended flat, edging up 1.76 points to 1,922.21. ...

Boston Bombs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... with the gold rush...to the exits, then China growth disappointment - which turned the sell gold (and other commodities) marathon into a sprint - and now this, America's attacked once more. I woke up to the news that two bombs had exploded at the Boston ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... 1,552.36. At least two people were killed and scores wounded when two explosions struck near the finish line of the Boston Marathon about an hour before the markets closed. "Sellers reacted to the news by pushing equities to fresh lows," Briefing.com ...

Fewer managers drive lower fees at legalsuper

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013
... members' fees, the industry fund's chief executive said. After reviewing all asset classes, the fund decided that Capital, Marathon and Baillie Gifford didn't perform well enough to charge their high fees, legalsuper boss Andrew Proebstl told Financial ...

Banks take Bell Group case to High Court

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... sought to recoup on the basis the banks were also liable because they knew the company was in trouble. It sparked the marathon legal proceedings which may now last well into next year.