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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... in Australian Banking". On Monday, the Australian share market closed higher but underperformed its Asian and US counterparts as disappointing retail spending figures surprised the market and left retail stocks struggling. Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... cent by June. Overall, the Nikkei index was weighed by technology stocks, which were dragged by weakness in their US counterparts. Shanghai remained concerned over the Chinese economy after data this week suggested manufacturing was slowing, which follows ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... were weaker for every three rising companies. The local banks were lower on Monday, following the weak lead from US counterparts. US banks dragged the Dow Jones industrial average as investor uncertainty surrounding major banks' exposure to foreclosures. ...

Planner associations at different stages globally

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... Australian financial adviser associations should be doing more for their members and how they compare to their US counterparts has cropped up in the industry, with many divided on the topic as to the role an association should play. All FPAs are members ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... stocks fell for every one that rose on the New York Stock Exchange. LONDON - European stocks outperformed their US counterparts on Wednesday because they had ended down on Tuesday before Wall Street rallied. The main reason behind Europe's advance on ...

Local unis smash US funds returns

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Local university endowment funds investments performed three times better than their US counterparts - a trend that looks set to continue as local institutions up the ante on alternative assets. According to a Mercer report that surveyed 27 institutions ...

Beware the leveraged ETF

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
Australian exchange traded funds investors should learn from their US counterparts who have lost their fortunes trading leveraged ETFs - products that could one day hit Australian shores. Michael Krause, president of ETF research house AltaVista Research ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... with resource stocks to benefit from stronger commodity prices but financial stocks likely to fall after their US counterparts slumped on Friday. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 3 points lower at 3,772. ...

Australian RMBS gains appeal

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... said Australian mortgages remain "very strong" and that they still retain very high ratings in contrast to their US counterparts, for instance. The rationale for these investors to eye Australian RMBSs lies in the fact that the products are usually fairly ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
The Australian share market outperformed its US counterparts during morning trade, losing just 0.4 per cent as financial stocks gave up gains from last week's market rally. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 11.8 points, or 0.33 per cent ...