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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... reaching 106.00 US cents overnight for the first time in two-weeks. At 0710 AEST on Thursday, the Australian dollar was trading at 105.44 US cents, up from 104.78 US cents on Wednesday. Since 1700 AEST on Wednesday, the local unit traded between 104.55 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... director of equities, Andrew Sekely, said the share market was making up lost ground from the close on Tuesday, but that trading was still light. "It's a thin market, you don't need a huge amount of buying to push it up," he said. "There's probably a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... release of contrasting economic data from the US and Europe overnight. At 0710 AEST on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 104.72 US cents, up from 104.44 US cents on Tuesday. Since 1700 AEST on Tuesday, the local unit traded between 104.06 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... slightly weaker at noon on the back of a sluggish equities market. At 1200 AEST on Tuesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 104.93 US cents, up from 104.16 US cents on Monday. Since 1700 AEST on Monday, the local unit traded between 103.85 US cents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... European and US equity markets and as commodities also pushed higher. At 0710 AEST on Tuesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 105.03 US cents, up from 104.16 US cents on Monday. Since 1700 AEST on Monday, the local unit traded between 103.85 US ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
Ahhh, finally some peace. Given Wall Street's straight gains over these past three trading days, many could be forgiven for wondering what just happened last week. Fear now, search for explanations later - that's what happened last week. For despite ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... investor confidence bounced back and "tranquility" returned to the market. At 1200 AEST on Monday, the Australian dollar was trading at 104.26 US cents, up from 102.80 US cents on Friday. Since 0700 AEST on Monday, the local unit traded between 103.57 ...

Market dislocation shifts share trade to dark pools, ETFs

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
Trading volumes spiked at dark pools and exchange traded funds after record volatility hit global equity and bond markets last week. Sam Macqueen, director of block trading venue provider Liquidnet Australia, said the daily average volume of trade in ...

Black swans test strength of portfolio construction

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... bell curve over time and looking at the standard deviations from the centre of the bell curve. Having analysed 20,215 trading days of the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1928 to 2009, there should have been very few days where returns were higher or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... on Monday morning, as the dust settled after last week's wild ride. At 0700 AEST on Monday, the Australian dollar was trading at 103.68 US cents, up from 102.80 US cents on Friday. Since 1700 AEST on Friday, the local unit traded between 102.46 US cents ...