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Silver bullet downs market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... SLV by raising its initial margin requirement. In just two weeks, the minimum amount of cash that must be deposited when trading silver has jumped from US$11,745 per contract to US$18,900. It'll rise further to US$21,600 come May 9. That's an 84 per ...

Instos move into ETFs as sector surges

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... $689 million this year, a rise of 15.3 per cent. The total number of ETFs on the market combined is now 52 as a new fund trading hedged gold has been launched since the statistics were collected. Jonathan Morgan, equity markets business development manager ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
On the last trading day of April, I opened my daily piece with: "... this is investors' last day to decide whether or not to "sell in May and go away"." And concluded that, "... it might be prudent to bag some of those profits and go away in May. Just ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... cent from 3.26 per cent late Tuesday. More than two shares rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange. Trading volume was 4.7 billion shares. LONDON - Europe's leading stock markets retreated on Wednesday with investors reacting to a ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... was almost one US cent lower at noon on Wednesday, following falls in commodity prices. At 1200 AEST, the local unit was trading at 107.99 US cents, down from Tuesday's local close of 108.87 cents. Since 0700 (AEST) on Wednesday, the Australian dollar ...

May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... something in that age-old adage, "sell in May then go away". It's still early days of course, but if the first two May trading days on Wall Street is any guide, investors might be packing up for the entire month. Nothing's really changed in the economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... of a three-day holiday. Hong Kong had spent much of the day in positive territory before dropping in the last hour of trading to close at 23,633.25, down 87.56 points. Seoul, where the KOSPI lost 28.23 points to stand at 2,200.73, was hit by profit-taking. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... Media says first half earnings will be up to $20 million below those in the first half of calendar 2010, but it expected trading to improve in the second half of the year. APN shares were down six cents, or 3.8 per cent, at $1.52 by 1223 AEST. Fairfax ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
The Australian market has received uncertain leads from offshore trading overnight, as markets struggled with the meaning of the assassination of Osama bin Laden. On the ASX 24 at 0655 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 22 points ...

Charter Hall targets advisers with SMA

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... Bignill, managing director, Mason Stevens. Charter Hall will look to take advantage of the fact that many A-Reits are still trading at a discount to their underlying value while property values continue to rise. "The fund seeks to capitalise on this ...