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DIY investors not happy

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... InvestSmart ranked highest in the client satisfaction list with 93 per cent of investors rating its products as good/very good. CommSec Direct Funds came in second at 76 per cent, Direct Access 61 per cent and E*Trade at a mere 54 per cent. "Fairfax's ...

Something interesting about rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... estimated one-third of people having housing mortgages may make reinforce this, Craig James, chief equities economist at CommSec, told the forum. "A Melbourne Institute study says 46 per cent of people have no debt at all," he said. The problem could ...

Cautiously upbeat: Economists Forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... especially as they are unfamiliar and uncomfortable with this role, she asked. Craig James, chief equities economist at CommSec, said what really made him unhappy was trying to figure what is happening the in US. "We [in Australia] haven't had a recession ...

Market plunge drives record margin calls

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
Margin lenders CommSec and St George Bank made record numbers of margin calls on Monday night and after yesterday's All Ordinaries 409 point drubbing, with another record in the making last night. CommSec managing director Matt Comyn, speaking late ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index was up 17 points at 5,983 on a volume of 14,168 contracts. CommSec chief equities economist Craig James said Asian markets were mixed, providing little momentum for the Australian market. At ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... Futures Exchange at 1204 AEDT, the December share price index had gained 98 points to 6486 on a volume of 12,956 contracts. CommSec market analyst Juliette Saly said the local market was performing very well today following a recovery on Wall Street ...

CommBank buys IWL

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... orders lodged by IWL on Friday. IWL will initially be a subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank, before being absorbed into CommSec, according to executive general manager of private client services Edward Tait. He said as a result, the purchase will see ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... Exchange, the December share price index contract was 65 points lower to 6633 on a volume of 15,372 contracts at 1201 AEDT. CommSec market analyst Julianna Roadley said the Australian and Asian markets had been alarmed by news from Citigroup, in the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007
... Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 76 points higher to 6802 on a volume of 10,703 contracts. CommSec equities economist Martin Arnold said the market was abuzz with takeover talk after the board of Jubilee Mines NL unanimously ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2007
... Exchange, the December share price index contract was up 79 points to 6730 on a volume of 7,226 contracts at 1203 AEST. CommSec market analyst Juliette Saly said fears of a recession in the US were allayed by the release last Friday of better-than-expected ...