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SNB dismantles defense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
"Francogeddon", "currency tsunami", "shocker", "jaw-dropping". These are some of the words used to describe the Swiss National Bank's (SNB) decision to surrender and abandon the currency peg - erected back in September 2011 - against the euro last night. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... Petroleum was up 9.5 cents to $35.65, despite announcing a 10 per cent slide in revenue during the December quarter. Among the big four banks, Commonwealth Bank fell 16 cents to $83.51, Westpac dropped 28 cents to $32.85, ANZ slipped 21 cents to $31.45 ...

I'm with Bill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... several large emerging markets may be a symptom of deeper structural weaknesses." Oh-em-gee! We're in trouble now Virginia, big trouble. That's if - and it's a big IF - the WB crystal ball gets it right this time. This time last year, the WB's World ...

Platinum backs US internet stocks and Asian infrastructure

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
Star manager Kerr Neilson's listed investment company Platinum Capital is backing out-of-favour big-name US technology companies as well as infrastructure plays in China and India. In a quarterly update to shareholders the billionaire investor said ...

Google insurance coming soon

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... over-read the launch delays of Google Compare's US website because "one thing's for sure: Google Compare is going to have big implications for US insurers." Reinforcing the speculation is that corporate officers at Google have also been declared in their ...

More Australians to invest in China

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... investors structurally underweight the second-largest economy in the world, and [RQFII] provides an easy way to reweight." The big four banks (Commonwealth, NAB, ANZ and Westpac), along with Macquarie, AMP Capital and First State Investments, are predicted ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... BHP Billiton lost 48 cents to $28.03, Rio Tinto fell $1.04 to $57.46, and Fortescue Metals fell 10 cents to $2.59. Among the big four banks, Commonwealth Bank fell 52 cents at $85.36, Westpac dropped 15 cents to $33.19, NAB lost 24 cents to $33.68, and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... precious metal continues to rise. Newcrest was up 32.5 cents at $12.550 and Alacer gold was 12 cents higher at $2.83. The big banks were slightly lower, with NAB down 25 cents at $33.98, ANZ 10 cents weaker at $32.29, Commonwealth Bank down 12 cents ...

Santa's bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
... Year (polar vortex). Overlayed against all these is the US Federal Reserve's continued withdrawal of policy stimulation. The big dump of biotechs and social media stocks; Putin and Crimea and Ukraine (which by the by, made us worry about RISING oil prices) ...

We'll underwrite when it suits us: Delaney

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... take it if we like the stock?" he said. Delaney said being able to do more sophisticated things is a function of having a big in-house investment team. "You see, that capability wouldn't have been possible without the equity team," he said. AustralianSuper ...