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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... Wall street on Friday, the benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average reached its highest level since the last days of 2007 as Apple shares hit a new all-time high following reports that it was nearing the launch of a new iPhone model and a reduced-size ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... down 1.9 points, or 0.04 per cent, at 4,391.9. US stocks closed flat in quiet trade that still had enough might to push Apple to become the world's most valuable company of all time, eclipsing Microsoft's 1999 record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

The rally that no one's enjoyed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... now up and over - 7.6% above the 31 October 2007 high - which makes me think that there must be something about that "an Apple a day" saying. Still as Chris Bertelsen -- Global Financial Private Capital's head investment honcho - observes, "this seems ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... points, or 0.92 per cent, at 4,370.1, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 40.3 points, or 0.93 per cent, at 4,393.8. Apple shares hit a new all-time high on Friday as US stocks closed out the week with a second day of solid gains that put the ...

"Bad apples" slipping through the cracks: ASIC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
The corporate regulator has put licensees on notice, saying there is growing concern that "bad apples" in the industry are slipping through the cracks because of poor reference checking when advisers swap between groups. At the Association of Financial ...

Playing with a loaded dice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... does NOT exist - it's still waiting on Germany's Constitutional Court to rule on its legality. Risk on became risk off as Apple's earnings disappointed - US$9.32/share versus estimates of US$10.37 per share -- and so too did sales of new US homes - down ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... mixed as investors digested strong earnings reports from Dow members Boeing and Caterpillar and disappointing results from Apple. Weaker-than-expected numbers on new-home sales also weighed on sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 blue-chip ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... adviser Henry Jennings said fears over the European debt crisis were dragging the local market down. "And the figures from Apple were a little bit disappointing, showing that people are holding off buying new iPhones," he said. Mr Jennings said the market ...

Adviser tablet ownership triples

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... tablet but by the start of 2012 the proportion of advisers owning a tablet had tripled. "However, the dominance seen by Apple in the tablet and smartphone markets is gradually being eroded as competitors up the ante with the quality and functionality ...

US equities a gateway to emerging markets

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... emerging markets, and "most of these companies are considered stable, safe businesses," he said. Technological powerhouses like Apple, despite outsourcing production to Asia, call America home, and US equities can be used to tap into their success. "Most ...