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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... increased 17 cents, or 0.34 per cent, to $50.05, and Westpac firmed two cents, or 0.1 per cent, to $20.87. Diversified financials were mixed, with AMP jumping 5.5 cents, or 1.28 per cent, to $4.365, Macquarie Group down 34 cents, or 1.25 per cent, to ...

BetaShares ETFs receive A rating

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... BetaShares said. The ETFs included the BetaShares Euro ETF, British Pound, US Dollar, Gold Bullion, the S&P/ASX 200 Financials Sector ETF and S&P/ASX 200 Resources Sector ETF. The six ETFs manage a total of just over $150 million in assets since their ...

Latest Financial Standard iPad edition available today

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
In the new edition of Financial Standard we feature an exclusive first look at new industry research and the latest on FOFA and MySuper legislation. For all the latest industry news, views and regular features download the app today. Financial Standard's ...

Stirrings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
Uh-oh, is it just me or is the fear index starting to stir once more? There must be another summit underway in Europe. There's nothing like the smell of a European summit to scare the bejeesus out of financial markets. The VIX index spiked to a high ...

Nice one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
As with most stock markets the world over, the Australian equity market has gotten off to a good start in the New Year despite gloomy expectations surrounding the global outlook and indications of weakening in the domestic economy. With only two trading ...

Extending the extended extension

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
Aussie, Ausssie, Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi! It's time to shake off that hangover all youse blokes and shielas for as we, Australians all, drank and barbecued Australia Day yesterday, the US Federal Reserve gave financial markets another something to celebrate. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... the ASX 24, the March 2012 share price index futures contract was up 32 points at 4,224, with 7,151 contracts traded. Financials were the day's strongest gainers, adding more than one per cent as investors waited for Australia's fourth-quarter inflation ...

Forecasts shmorecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
We're doomed (again)! Oh-em-gee! "IMF slashes growth forecasts!" This was the last piece of news I saw before I went to bed last night and started snoring. Yeah, yeah I thought. Sure, sure. Somehow it didn't give me the same nerve-wracking punch that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... European Union (EU) had placed an embargo on Iranian exports, sending oil prices close to the $US100 a barrel mark. Financials rose on confidence that talks to restructure Greece's debt were progressing and reports that France and Germany were calling ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
It was another day on the financial markets, another one of those happy days. Yes Virginia, commodity markets are up, equity markets are up - even for those recently credit rating snipped Eurozone bourses - and bond yields are lower - even for those ...