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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... its hands ahead of the Chinese manufacturing PMI, which doesn't come out until tomorrow," Mr Walker said. "The market is pretty flat ahead of economic data tomorrow." Gold was the best performing sector at noon, due to strong rises in the price of the ...

Empty orchestra

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... marks - until Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda opened his mouth. In the country that invented the karaoke, I'm pretty sure Kuroda san has done it with Ronan Keating at one point or another. I'm also sure that most playing the financial market ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... expecting an even worse session in the US, where the broad-based S&P 500 finished 0.28 per cent weaker. "We were expecting a pretty negative day in Europe and the US, and clearly there's calm ahead prevailing there," he said. "People are happy to buy ...

Instreet happy with growth at 5-year milestone

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
... crowded marketplace." Having grown through one of the most tumultuous periods for investment markets, Lucas says he is pretty positive about the future. However he does acknowledge that things can change very quickly. "I can't imagine the next five years ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
... following a bailout deal for Cyprus. IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said the Australian market had opened in a pretty sombre mood. Markets overseas had initially opened higher following euphoria over a bailout deal for Cyprus but reversed direction ...

Don't stop me now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... $7 billion as Denver-based president of Cambiar Investors LLC., spoke in a phone interview. "The U.S. economy is doing pretty well. Taking the possibility of a euro-Lehman type of event off the table, that has a big effect on sentiment." All good. The ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... S&P/ASX200, also forecast its full year net profit would rise seven per cent. "That's an excellent performance by JB in a pretty inclement, overall, retail environment," Lonsec private client adviser Michael Heffernan said. The consumer discretionary ...

Time to fear?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... Buffetism play before our very eyes once again in 2012. Last year was supposed to be annus horribilis - for forecasters were pretty sure it was the year that the US would double-dip, the euro would collapse and China would land with a thud. One of the ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... plan to buy regional airline Skywest has been given the go-ahead by the competition watchdog. "That tie-up with Sky looks pretty good for the airlines. It doesn't look like there's going to be any competition, but certainly it's another feather in Virgin's ...

Grexin Brixit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... crisis or disintegration has died down. So has that of a Grexit. Many are now convinced it's Grexin. Yes folks, it's been pretty smooth sailing until... UK Prime Minister David Cameron raises the spectre of a Brixit. Speaking at the London headquarters ...