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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street closed down despite recovering somewhat from a sharp opening fall sparked by a Portugal bank scare and general investor caution. At 0645 AEST on Friday, the September share price index ...

Fed alert to market reaction to Fed action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
"I get knocked down But I get up again You're never going to keep me down." -- Chumbawamba Yes Virginia, we didn't expect anything less 'eh my lady? If it didn't happen overnight, it'll happen tomorrow... or the day after. Wall Street got knocked down ...

All that jazz, all nonsense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... numbers for June is as strong, as superlative as many were told it was when it hit the headlines last week, then wouldn't that spark increased consumer spending and amplify business revenues and profits - effectively raising the E (earnings) in the P/E ...

ISA FoFA report sparks industry outrage

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) report 'Commissions by Another Name' has sparked outrage among some industry stakeholders, which have labelled it as wrong, inaccurate and misleading. "Consumers are being misled by a scare campaign on [the Future of Financial ...

Governor Glenn lets his jaw drop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens was in Tasmania letting it all rip at the same time that most of us were co-celebrating Dow 17K with our American brethrens on 'Independence Day' eve. On 3 July, Governor Glenn spoke before 'The ...

New compass needed for global economy: BIS

NATHALIE OLOF-ORS, AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... who heads BIS's monetary and economic unit, insisted to reporters ahead of the report launch. Central banks' bid to help spark growth, by, among other things, slashing interest rates, has helped create more appetite for short-term, high-risk investments ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... weaker following mixed leads overnight from overseas markets. China's best manufacturing activity data in six months helped spark gains in Australia on Monday and in base metals, but US stocks were flat while European markets fell and Asian stocks were ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
Australian stocks have fallen to a two month low as escalating tension in Iraq caused heavy falls on Wall Street. Another sharp drop in the iron ore price has also sparked heavy falls in Australian miners. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said he thought ...

Indian optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
"Never underestimate the power of optimism". I've never forgotten this slogan since children cancer charity "Camp Quality" advertised it on Victorian (Australia) television some years back. A click on its website shows that this slogan has now been ...

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
Who went away in May? The month when we're supposed to sell and go away is over but it appears that it's the sellers that went away instead. Yes, Virginia, May's closing stats show that most major equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town ...