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Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
This week, this month, this year marked the fifth anniversary since US equities bottomed on 9 March 2009. The US subprime mortgage crisis that morphed into what is now termed as the global financial crisis sparked market volatility and heightened investor ...

Market close

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
The Australian share market has closed flat as investors shrugged off two days of falls in the price of iron ore. At the close on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.3 points, or 0.04 per cent, at 5,413.8, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Media Super to launch MDI option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
Media Super has become the latest industry superannuation fund to announce it will introduce a member direct investment (MDI) option. Media Super chief executive Graeme Russell said the decision to introduce an MDI was made at the board meeting in December ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after mixed performances on international markets on continued tension between Russia and and Ukraine, and disappointing economic data from China and Japan. At 0827 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price ...

market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
Mining companies have dragged the sharemarket lower after weak Chinese trade data lead to a fall in commodity prices. Chinese import and export figures released on Saturday showed an unexpected trade deficit of $US22.98 billion ($A25.37 billion), vastly ...

Market wrap open

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
Australian share market has opened lower in the wake of disappointing Chinese trade data and escalating concern over Ukraine. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the lower open was "a no-brainer". "There's just a raft of negative factors just weighing ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street finished mixed as a better-than-expected US jobs report helped offset anxiety over Ukraine that sent European equities lower. At 0645 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher. At 1010 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 9.2 points, or 0.17 per cent, at 5,455.1, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 10.4 points, or 0.19 per cent, at 5,470.1. On the ASX ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a mainly positive lead from Wall Street as investors weighed improved unemployment claims data ahead of a key monthly jobs report. At 0820 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Financial Adviser convicted of 'tombstoning': ASIC

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has convicted Pavan Vyas for dishonest conduct after pleading guilty to 'tombstoning'. In August 2013, Vyas pleaded guilty to two charges of dishonest conduct after 'tombstoning', which involves ...