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Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... yet. Not without committing political hara-kiri. Contrast this with his interview with the Wall Street Journal last 26 September - yes, it was only last week. When asked whether he'll ask for a bailout, Rajoy replied, "I can assure you 100% that I would ...

Super funds line up for Sevior

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
Veteran stock picker John Sevior's new fund is being reviewed by CBUS Super for an Australian Equities mandate. CBUS - which had an Australian equities mandate with Sevior's former employer Perpetual at the time of his departures - said that it is doing ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... composite index produced by JP Morgan and Markit in association with ISM and IFPSM") recorded a reading of 48.9 in September - the fourth straight month that the index had been below the 50 expansion/contraction line - and that, "September saw manufacturing ...

Market wrap - AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher after Wall Street was boosted by better than expected data on the US manufacturing sector. A positive purchasing managers index reading for the month of September drove a rise in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
The Australian market is set to open slightly higher after world markets reacted positively to the release of Spain's 2013 budget supporting its austerity measures. At 0813 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up two ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... to paragraph 9 on page 7 to find that the latest Conference Board data showed consumer confidence jumped to 70.3 in September - the highest since February (hey, that was the time when nearly all indicators were coming in better than expected, weren't ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street after a Federal Reserve official said QE3 would likely do little to spur the US economy. At 0749 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down ...

Market wrap - afternoon

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
SYDNEY, Sept 25 AAP - The Australian market is slightly weaker as delays in implementing the Greek bailout package frustrate investors and commodity prices fall. At 1200 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 9.3 points, or 0.21 per ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
Australian stocks have opened slightly weaker, with concerns over Germany's business confidence and euro zone debt weighs down investor sentiment. At 1027 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 10.9 points, or 0.25 per cent, at 4,374.6 ...

Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... greenbacks with a dollar-A buck. CIBC didn't say how much the A$ is overvalued by but the OECD reckons that as at 20 September (US$1.0435 is to A$1), our currency was 39% overvalued. For Goldman Sachs Asset Management Jim O'Neill, any number above one ...