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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
The Australian stock market is expected to follow Wall Street into another day of steep declines, after New York indices all plunged by around six per cent overnight. At 0721 AEST on the ASX 24, the September share price index futures contract was 153 ...

Money moves from listed managed investments to ETFs

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
Money poured out of listed managed investments and flooded into exchange traded commodities and funds over the last year, latest Australian Securities Exchange figures show. The ASX listed managed investments (LMI) monthly update for July showed listed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
Australian stocks are tipped to be pushed into the red again today after America's credit rating was downgraded for the first time in its history over the weekend. Hopes for a bounce on the Australian share market after a horror Friday appear to have ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... at this point in time it's a long shot - a very long shot. Didn't we just see total US employment increase by 117,000 in July - with private sector hiring rising by 154,000? Likewise, the unemployment rate fell from 9.2% in June to 9.1% -- still a long ...

JBWere wealth head resigns

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
Brad Gale, head of JBWere's institutional wealth business and equity partner, has resigned from the company. JBWere confirmed to Financial Standard that Gale has left the firm after 11 years, although it is not known where he is heading to next. "We ...

Markets crash as recession fears hit

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
Australian stocks plunged at the open after world markets fell sharply overnight and experts say more grief is to come. At time of writing, the All Ordinaries Index was down 173 points or 3.97% to 4179.9 while the S&P ASX 200 had given up 156.5 points ...

Ready to turn on the tap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... sector jobs during that month? Challenger, Gray & Christmas' report that lay-off announcements surged by 61% to 66,000 in July - the highest in 16 months - from 41,000 in the previous month makes it even harder to be confident about the prospects for ...

Now for the denominator

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index took the thunder off the deal news. The index fell to 50.9 in July - still above the 50 expansion/contraction line, but only just. While most look at the US employment stats as the 'be all' and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
The Australian share market is expected to decline following falls on Wall Street overnight on scepticism about the deal to resolve the US debt crisis. At 0717 AEST on the ASX 24 on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was down ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
Australian shares may decline slightly after US stocks fell on Friday as talks to reach an agreement over the US debt ceiling continued to feed market uncertainty. But mining stocks may gain after some metals, including gold, silver and copper, rose. ...