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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... weaker after negative leads from overseas markets and pain in the energy sector. Stocks on Wall Street and in Europe fell overnight, oil prices plummeted to a fresh six-year low, putting pressure on energy stocks. "It's one of the big drags on the market ...

NAB too big to change culture overnight: Thorburn

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
National Australia Bank (NAB) chief executive Andrew Thorburn has admitted that cultural change in such large organisation "probably takes five, 10 years," in light of the regulator's concerns about its financial planning arm. Thorburn noted that NAB ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... The share market is lower, with falls in all sectors, despite a strong lead from Wall Street. The US market rallied overnight on shockingly low retail sales data, which bolstered the case for keeping US interest rates low. The Australian market enjoyed ...

It might just be a matter of time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... side or the other side, it doesn't matter. I don't know whether or not Wall Street took stock of another stat released overnight - couldn't find it reported in the financial press anywhere or maybe, I just didn't look hard enough - but this economic ...

You sexy thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... Geo-political tensions and lingering ISIS terrorism further enhance the greenback's allure. Wall Street's sharp drop overnight - the Dow's down by 1.9%; the S&P 500's down 1.7% -- gives substance to the "beggar-they-neighbour" rant I've been ranting ...

New HNWIs demand unbundled services

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... returns but they don't understand risk. There's a lot of information at people's fingertips so we all feel like experts overnight, but you often see trends in advice go up when times are hardest because that's what happens when risk comes into play," ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... per cent, but observers believe the RBA has a couple more cuts in mind for 2015. Meanwhile, falling crude oil prices overnight, caused by US oversupply concerns and weak China growth forecasts, has hit the energy players and miners to level out the bank's ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... deflation somewhere else, anywhere but the eurozone. It's working, it's working. The Stoxx 600 index added another 0.8% overnight, taking its year-to-date gain to 8.8% (compared with the S&P 500's 2.4% appreciation). While euro area bond yields have ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... trend," Mr Lucas said. "So that's why the market is being indifferent." The miners were hit the hardest following an overnight drop in the iron ore price and Rio Tinto going ex-dividend. Rio Tinto plummeted $2.12 to $62.68, BHP Billiton was down 24 cents ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... 2.8 per cent, to $44.19. Mr Le Brun said the energy sector was also pulling back after world oil prices fell sharply overnight. West Texas Intermediate for April dived $2.82 to close Thursday at $48.17 a barrel. Woodside Petroleum was down 21 cents to ...