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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 ...

Strong growth in securities lending: J.P. Morgan

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
A new surge of pension funds and institutional investors are showing interest in securities lending, said Paul Wilson, global head of client management & sales for trading services J.P. Morgan. Today's macro economic climate has left investors looking ...

RBA holds rates but deploys rhetoric as magic pudding

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Reserve Bank governor Glen Stevens can hold off policy adjustments if rhetoric can help get the economy moving again, according to Instreet managing director George Lucas. Yesterday the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) surprised the market by holding ...

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. ...

Westpac calm in face of storm

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Westpac's batten-down-the-hatches approach balance sheet management means it's better suited than its rivals to weather future financial storms. The bank is just emerging from a period of consolidation. Jobs have been cut and efficiencies made but the ...

Three chances to win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... expanding, it's slowing? It's the same for China. The official services PMI jumped to 55.5 last month from 53.7 in September - it's taking off again. Then again, Markit Economics' measure showed the index dropped to 53.5 in October from 54.3 - slowing ...

Market Wrap early AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street showed a mixed performance and European stocks slid amid cautious trading on the eve of the US presidential election. At 0635 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
The Australian stock market has opened mixed, with Westpac among the big early movers after reporting a fall in full year net profit. At 1025 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 5.8 points, or 0.13 per cent, at 4,454.3 points, while ...

Results show strong momentum: BT Financial Group

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Insurance sales and adviser growth show strong business momentum, despite cash earnings being down on last year, said Westpac-owned BT Financial Group. Life insurance sales were up 30%, compared with 14% for the market in 2012, it said after announcing ...

A week full of question marks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Now what's wrong this time? The US Bureau of Labor Statistics released the 'mother-of-all-economic statistics' at the end of last week's trading and it was good. But how did Mr. Market react? He thought it was good too until... he didn't. The S&P 500 ...