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Money, money, money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... contract was 74 points lower at 4,595, with 21,122 contracts traded. Most market sectors fell, with major resources and bank stocks at least one per cent lower. Bell Potter Securities' senior client adviser Stuart Smith attributed the broad-based sell-off ...

Signposts to high yield

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
Russell Australia High Dividend Index's top ten holdings was dominated by financial stocks but property trusts are emerging as attractive high-yield stocks. The Russell Australia High Dividend Index (RAHDI) includes Australian blue-chip companies with ...

Demystifying the "flash crash"

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... futures volumes traded were not extraordinary. Crosthwait argued that, due to a lack of "circuit breakers" in individual stocks, traders from both the buy and sell sides stepped away from the market as it rapidly plunged "due to their inclination that ...

Bad, bad day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... thought! A barrage of bad news drowned market euphoria over QE2. There was bad news on the earnings front. The giant tech stocks are not cutting it. Apple reported lower than expected third quarter earnings. Despite beating EPS expectations, IBM shares ...

CFSGAM wins $30m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... fund. "This mandate will allow NGS to benefit from the global emerging growth rate, without having to buy emerging markets stocks so you have additional security of buying developed markets but you are getting access to that growth rate," said Joanna ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... share price index contract was 23 points lower at 4,679 points, with 11,333 contracts traded. In the S&P/ASX50, around five stocks were weaker for every three rising companies. The local banks were lower on Monday, following the weak lead from US counterparts. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... from overnight," Mr Kimber said. "All the metals, which have been driving the rally, had a bit of a rest and now energy stocks probably are having a rest too." Mr Kimber said Rio Tinto was performing well following a positive production report on Thursday. ...

Meaning to the meaningless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... probably getting antsy pantsy that the bad ol' times have returned. This from The Age quoting "AAP, with Business Day": "US stocks made back almost all their earlier losses and closed slightly lower, ending a four-day winning streak. The Dow had fallen ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... Exchange, the December share price index contract gained 67 points to 4,703 points, with 18,492 contracts traded. Advancing stocks outnumbered falling companies by nine to one in the S&P/ASX 50 index. In morning trade, the Australian dollar reached 99.71 ...