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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 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains in metals prices overnight. At 0657 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up eight points at 5,876. In equities news, Medibank Private, Cabcharge, Transpacific ...

BOJ optimistic as forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... January meeting could again railroad the BOJ's economic outlook with the yen/US$ rising by to A¥118.71 from A¥119.25 in overnight trade - after the Fed said that, "Many participants indicated that their assessment of the balance of risks associated ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... Dijsselbloem have agreed to renew efforts to resolve a bitter row over extending Greece's current bailout after talks overnight collapsed acrimoniously. In local economic news on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is due to appear ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... $36.86, ANZ had gained 19 cents to $35.09 and National Bank was one cent lower at $37.02. Tumbling crude oil prices overnight hurt the energy and mining sectors. Santos was down 24 cents, or 3 per cent, to $7.73, Woodside was 82 cents lower at $34.38 ...