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Macquarie outlook mixed, annuities solid

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... with Macquarie Securities Group and Macquarie Capital both severely impacted by macroeconomic conditions for the December quarter net profit contributions. "For example, cash equities industry-wide by value traded, were down 24% in Asia and 25% in Australia ...

What hard landing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... think, the PBOC announced the policy reversal even before it knew that economic growth slowed to 8.9% in the December quarter from 9.1% in the previous three months. China being China, perhaps it did know in advanced. But who cares? At least they acted ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... reported a drop in profit for the first half of the financial year but record revenue and net income for the December quarter. National turnover at 1210 AEDT was 714.1 million shares worth $1.8 billion, with 477 stocks up, 324 down and 345 unchanged. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... to open higher after the bellwether company said its revenue rose to $US46.33 billion ($A44.36 billion) in the December quarter and its smart phone sales doubled from the previous three months to 37 million handsets. "If it hadn't been for the gang-buster's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the consumer price index data for the December quarter and the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is due out. In equities news, Alesco Corporation ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... two cents to $67.51. Mirabela Nickel dipped six cents to $1.24 as the company reported record production in the December quarter and said it expected higher production in 2012. Among the major banks, Westpac was 12 cents lower at $20.56, ANZ shed four ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... In economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release the producer index for the December quarter. In Australia, the market on Friday ended on a strong note for a third successive week of gains. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Wolf, wolf

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... has ever seen." Sharpest deceleration? What? Where? When? Heck, the 0.7% fall in Australia's real GDP in the December quarter of 2008 was only less than half of the 1.5% quarter-on-quarter contraction recorded in the first quarter of 1991 during the ...

Get up and go on board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... there were good news a-plenty overnight. China's economy grew by a stronger-than-expected 8.9% in the year to the December quarter, taking overall 2011 growth down to 9.2% from 10.4% in 2010. This is what China wants. This is sustainable growth. This ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... Australia's third largest iron ore producer, reported it shipped a record 14.77 million tonnes of iron ore in the December quarter sent the company's shares up three per cent and boosted the mining sector. Investors would now look to economic news from ...