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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
The share market has made a steady start to the week as renewed concern over tensions in Ukraine weighs on global markets. Wall Street and European markets lost ground on Friday as Ukraine ratcheted up military operations against pro-Russian rebels ...

May worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
You can almost taste it. It's nearly here. That time of year when that age-old Wall Street adage tells us to go away. May is coming! And right on cue, we get spooks from renewed and escalated tension in the Ukraine and more evidences of a slowing China ...

Trend - up, down or up and down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
And a bounce, bounce here and a bounce, bounce there, everywhere a bounce, bounce. This, Virginia, was what Wall Street did overnight - it was up, then down, the back up again... all in a day's trade. It was up on good first quarter earnings reports ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street despite tech stocks at one point pushing the Nasdaq Composite index down nearly two per cent. At 0805 AEST on Wednesday the June share price index futures contract was up ...

Bouncy bouncy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
Thank goodness for small mercies. Good Friday came a bit early for me after one gentle reader crucified me and my take on Dr. Marc Faber's uber bearish prediction that a "1987-style crash" is nigh... again! Read all about my early crucifixion here ...

Sinodinos says six figure AWH salary was 'reasonable'

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
Former assistant treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has said he found it "reasonable" he was paid a salary of $200,000 per year as chairman of Australian Water Holdings (AWH), a role that involved between 25 and 44 hours of work every year. Sinodinos, was on ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street as Eastern Europe tensions escalate with Russian troops seizing Ukrainian ships and military installations in Crimea. At 0645 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures ...

Calm over Crimea and US houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
Hehe. Excusez-moi s'il vous plait. Pardon my French, Virginia. Some of the headlines made me do it. The headlines that say Wall Street's up because of easing tensions in the Ukraine and... "improving outlook for the biggest economy" (you know who you ...

Pickle wrapped in a bind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
The verdict is in, Crimeans have decided... what now? Surprise of surprises Virginia! Exit polls following Sunday's Crimean referendum showed that 93% of voters voted to secede from Ukraine and return to Russia with love. Ukraine's new government, Europe ...

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
Nah, I'm not falling for that one again. No mas Virginia! Equity markets closed (to borrow Coles new ad) "down, down, deeper and down" overnight. The headlines have easily pinpointed the cause... "U.S. Stocks Retreat, Treasuries Rally on Ukraine, China" ...