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Centric Wealth recalibrates advice through newly-formed board

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... world financial market events. "Clients want advice and reassurance around major financial events, such as problems in North Korea, and to know how these issues impact the security of their capital," Kearns said. "The challenge of adjusting to retirement ...

Missing the forest for the trees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... concern," printed Reuters. "U.S. Stocks Fall as Energy, Financials Tumble on Economy," says Bloomberg. "Stocks slide on North Korea fears, Fed comments," was CNN Money's take. "Fall sharply", "Tumble", "Slide". Given the headlines of that day - the US ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open stronger after gains on Wall Street. At 0646 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was 18 points higher at 4,929 points, with 3,091 contracts traded. In economic news on Tuesday, the NAB ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... losses on Friday as traders digested a surprisingly weak March labour report and watched rising global tensions with North Korea. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 40.86 points (0.28 per cent) to close at 14,565.25. In Europe on Friday, London's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... back sharp losses as traders digested a surprisingly weak March labour report and watched rising global tensions with North Korea. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 40.86 points (0.28 per cent) to 14,565.25. The broad-based S&P 500 slid 6.70 (0.43 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... Kuroda would fall short on promises to boost the economy. Seoul fell 1.20 per cent, or 23.77 points, to 1,959.45 after North Korea blocked access to its Kaesong joint industrial zone with South Korea for the second day running. There were also reports ...

Kim playing Duke Nukem is the bigger worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... as Energy, Financials Tumble on Economy," says Bloomberg. And just so we have everything covered, "Stocks slide on North Korea fears, Fed comments," was CNN Money's take on last night's happenings. Sell and drown yourself in a well, that's what the headlines ...

First quarter (w)innings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... fact, we're in the midst of one now with young leader Kim Jong Un announcing that it has entered a "state of war" with South Korea. Though it's easy to dismiss this developing story - the Koreas have been at war since 1950s - there's potential that it ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... multi-year highs. The stand-out player was Japanese electronics giant Sharp, which surged on reports of a major deal with South Korea's Samsung. Tokyo added 2.13 per cent, or 248.82 points, to end at 11,932.27. Sydney was 0.82 per cent higher, adding ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... to 7660.19 points and in Paris the CAC 40 climbed 0.99 per cent to 3686.58 points. Markets shrugged off a defiant North Korea staging its most powerful nuclear test yet and warning of "stronger" action to follow if the ensuing wave of global condemnation ...