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First home buyers tap $21k bonus

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
If website clicks are anything to go by, then the latest data from X Inc Finance suggests first home buyers are wading back to the market thanks to new government incentives. Jennifer Nielsen, chief executive of Loan Market Group, which includes X Inc ...

Planners still optimistic: MLC

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
Bad markets? Tick. Shaky economic times? Tick. Planners' business growth? Tick. Despite the market downturn, 43 per cent of financial planning business owners are confident their business will grow by more 25 per cent per year in the next five years ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket has made a strong start to November, up more than two per cent at midday, driven higher by financial stocks ahead of an expected 50 basis point rate cut in interest rates by the Reserve Bank of Australia tomorrow. Analysts ...

GMO eyes US and global equities

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
GMO's investment sage Jeremy Grantham, one of the few who predicted the sub-prime bust, now says the the equities markets is throwing up valuations not seen in 20 years. Grantham believes that a very weak global economy is not without partially offsetting ...

October mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
Financial market trading activity in October ended as it began - with so much volatility. Investors' consensus interpretation of economic reports, government announcements and central bank decisions determined entry and exit into equities, currencies ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher today after Wall Street rallied on Friday. At 0742 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was up 50 points at 4,086. In economic news today, the Australian ...

It's the war, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
In this current investment environment where fear reigns and uncertainty rules, it's the war that is lending a helping hand. The US Federal Reserve was unable to appease Wall Street yesterday with its 50 basis point reduction in the fed funds rate. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open flat today after US stocks see-sawed overnight. Asian markets fell heavily yesterday. At 0706 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was up two points at 3,793. ...

Grant Samuel Epoch tops global shares survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
Grant Samuel Epoch Shareholder Yield fund demonstrates the merits of free cash flow (FCF) based investing after it trumped other global equities managers in one of the roughest months in stockmarket history. No doubt the month of October will reveal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after Wall Street surged overnight. At 0734 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was up 130 points at 4,288. In economic news, Reserve Bank of Australia ...