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Macq High Conviction predicts 2012 rally

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... said. "Upward inflation is the only logical reason for the market not going back to where it was." The fund is underweight banks but is actively pursuing the retail sector. It also believes that firms exposed to diversified mining currently appear cheap. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... morning are both very strong and that's providing some earnings in which the market can really take comfort," he said. "Banks are continuing to provide support to the markets." In the banking sector, Westpac was down 14 cents to $24.20, while Commonwealth ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... 2008. In London the FTSE 100 index of top shares reversed Tuesday's losses, finishing up 0.80 per cent at 6,085.27 points. Banks were among the main gainers, following encouraging results posted on Tuesday by Barclays, taken as a sign that the sector ...

Trouble not terribly troubling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... world economic growth to 4.4 per cent this year and 4.5 per cent in 2012. Ahh, but with growth comes inflation. Central banks are going to be raising interest rates soon - those in the emerging markets have already been doing this since last year -- ...

Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... by 1.5 per cent in January - more than the expected 0.8 per cent increase. Rising inflation poses a dilemma for central banks. They're unable (unwilling?) to risk raising interest rates to combat inflation while their economic recovery remains fragile. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... categorise it (the market) as firm with strengths in BHP, RIO and Westpac offset by weaknesses in the other three major banks," he said. On the ASX on Tuesday morning, BHP Billiton was up 22 cents at $47.50, while Rio Tinto rose 29 cents to $88.79. Westpac ...

Fund managers eye Asian equities: RBC

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... in January 2011, featured 461 senior executives from around the world, of which 108 were asset managers. Others came from banks, hedge funds, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and private equity firms.

I heart the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... Representatives Standing Committee on Economics last Friday. Mr. Stevens has every right to gloat. His is one of the central banks in the world - perhaps the only one - that has succeeded in managing every central banks' twin objectives of low unemployment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... the reduced uncertainty, rising throughout the trading day. Bank of America Corp gained 1.9 per cent to $14.77 and the KBW Banks index added 1.8 per cent. Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF rallied on record volume the news, climbing 4.5 per cent to $18.60. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... got Commonwealth Bank doing extraordinarily well after it's pretty robust result yesterday," he said on Thursday. Major banks were mixed at noon. Commonwealth Bank was up 37 cents at $55.44, ANZ was 10 cents higher at $25.02, Westpac was up three cents ...