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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... January 9. HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices closed 3.44 per cent higher, as markets across Asia surged on news of Washington's plan to remove toxic assets from US banks' balance sheets. The benchmark Hang Seng Index was up 462.92 points at 13,910.34 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... 2,869.57. TOKYO - Japanese stocks rose sharply on Monday, hitting a near two-month high on optimism about a plan by Washington to unburden ailing US banks of bad assets. The Nikkei closed up 269.57 points, or 3.39 per cent, at 8,215.53, its best finish ...

Main Street versus Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... down to AIG is being spent, Main Street is not happy and even President popularity is showing signs of fraying. The Washington Post reports that hired security guards have been posted outside the offices of AIG Financial Products in Connecticut and that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... index gained ten points, or 0.32 per cent, to 3,121.7. NEW YORK - With little good economic news or direction from Washington, the pessimism on Wall Street intensified on Monday, sending stocks lower. The market seesawed early in the session as investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... spiralled lower on Tuesday while Wall Street bounced up because of bargain-hunting, as investors remained unconvinced by Washington's bank rescue strategy, analysts said. London's FTSE 100 index lost 0.89 per cent, or 34.29 points to 3,816.44. FRANKFURT ...

Infrastructure wins pension funds votes

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... Infrastructure, set up in 1998. Other US pension funds with infrastructure allocations or intentions include CalSTERS, the Washington State Pension Plan, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, Oregon PERD, and the World Bank. The phenomenon is also gathering ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... its lowest close since last November and leaving it with a weekly decline of 5.2 per cent. The gears are moving in Washington. On Friday, the White House said President Obama will outline steps to stem home foreclosures next Wednesday, and the House ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei stock index closed down 240.58 points, or 3.03 per cent, to 7,705.36, hit by disappointment over Washington's bank rescue plan and a stronger yen. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed down 310.91 points, or 2.3 per ...

Investors turn to ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
New research from the Investment Company Institute of Washington has reported that US investors withdrew US$128.7 billion out of managed funds but invested US$133 billion into exchange traded funds (ETFs) in the first 11 months of 2008. ETF provider ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... with the protests and demonstrations that greeted his predecessor's inauguration, Obama's was welcomed not only in Washington but also all over the world. Even Israel ceased hostilities on Gaza and not even a pip from Osama. Wall Street's reaction overnight ...