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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
The Australian stock market has received negative leads from offshore markets, after Wall Street gave up early gains to finish lower, while oil and metals prices eased overnight. At 0710 AEDT, the June share price index contract was up four points at ...

Tightrope walker

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... weak economic activity and rising inflation? Such is the dilemma that the Bank of England (BOE) must confront. Financial market speculation of an imminent BOE rate hike may have been move further up the timeline following the Japan incident, but it has ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
The Australian share market is set for a nervous start on Monday, after the US and a coalition of forces launched air strikes on Libya over the weekend. At 0731 AEDT, the June share price index contract was 18 points lower at 4,629 points, with 5,745 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... the news, as risk aversion set in, according to Easy Forex senior dealer Francisco Solar. "It's more pricing in of the market of what may occur going forward," Mr Solar said. The United States, France and Britain pushed for speedy approval because Gaddafi's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
The Australian market is receiving mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street's key indices flat, while precious metals were higher and oil eased. On the ASX 24 at 0837 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was two points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... Nine Network finance editor Ross Greenwood at Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce lunch. On Tuesday, the Australian share market clawed back earlier losses to close flat as bargain hunters took advantage of oil-induced weakness to buy stocks. The benchmark ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
The Australian dollar was slightly lower as political uncertainty in Libya continues to sour market sentiment and drive commodities currencies lower. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the local unit was trading at 100.16 US cents, down from Wednesday's close ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving weak leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street flat, European markets mixed, Asian markets mostly closed, while precious metals were higher. Oil was down slightly. On the ASX 24 at 0642 AEDT, the March ...

Aberdeen mounts case for active fixed income investing

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... passive approach. Rodriguez points out that while equity benchmarks are usually comprised of companies with the largest market capitalisations - a rough approximation for "blue chips" - fixed income benchmarks are comprised of the companies that issue ...

Lower returns outlook will change allocation choices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... investments that they might have previously rejected. For example, Mauppin-Higashino said everybody is talking about emerging market equities but piling up more capital into these equity markets is not the only way to invest into EMs. That's why Sergei ...