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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell on news the US economy grew just 0.2 per cent in the first quarter. At 0817 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 44 points at 5,783. In local economic ...

Volcker Alliance proposes new US regulator system

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
Six years after US financial regulatory mismanagement triggered the GFC, US policy makers are still debating how the US regulatory system should be restructured. The Volcker Alliance, a non-partisan regulatory think tank comprising former senior regulators ...

Mining capex in a hole

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
The outlook for capital expenditure adding to Australia's GDP from anywhere outside of mining is "abysmal" according to BlackRock investment strategist and head of fixed income, Steve Miller. At a recent media briefing detailing BlackRock's global investment ...

2015: a lift year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
Pencil it in, carve it on concrete... 2015 will be the year that the US Federal Reserve lifts its federal funds rate target for the first time since bringing it down to 0-0.25% -- and nailing it there -- a long, long time ago (16 December 2008). Only ...

US schools should teach finlit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
While US federal and state governments explore ways to boost private savings among Americans and introduce fiduciary standards for advisers, a major association has said a more important step is introducing financial literacy training into school curriculum. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell amid signs that US inflation is rising. At 0827 AEDT on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 10 points at 5,968. In local economic news on Wednesday, the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... two points at 5,955. In local economic news on Tuesday, the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey is due out. US Fed Reserve committee member John Williams is down to speak at an Australian Business Economists lunch in Sydney and Reserve Bank ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street where energy stocks fell along with the price of oil. At 0755 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down 14 points at 5,945. In local economic news ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street surged more than one per cent following the Federal Reserve's statement on interest rates. At 0815 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,880. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
The share market has started the week on the backfoot as cautious investors sit on the sidelines in the lead up to this week's US Federal Reserve meeting. The market has started more than 0.6 per cent lower, with IG market strategist Stan Shamu attributing ...