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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... Kevin) Rudd who has concerns about employment and will keep the stimulus for as long as need be," he said. Energy and mining stocks were doing some heavy lifting. Oil stocks gained after crude oil ended 63 cents higher at $71.94, in the US overnight. ...

Credit Suisse launches all-round fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... to re-enter investment markets with a capital protection product that provides exposure to Australian shares, resources stocks and Chinese securities. The Credit Suisse Performance Plus Series requires a $20,000 minimum investment and is designed to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... 1.82 points, or 0.05 per cent, to 3705.87. TOKYO - Japanese share prices rose almost two per cent on Thursday after US stocks climbed for a fourth straight day on renewed optimism about prospects for a recovery in the world economy. The benchmark Nikkei-225 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... the market gains were broadly based. "It's been a broad-based session this morning, with no one theme," he said. "Most stocks are up." He said the banks were doing well apart from ANZ which had weakened on the back of substantial rises of late. "People ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... dropped 1.6 points, or 0.04 per cent, to 4522.2, while the broader All Ordinaries dipped 0.7 points to 4527.1. NEW YORK - US stocks rose for a fourth straight day Wednesday on the heels of strong gains in Europe and renewed optimism about recovery from ...

SRI super option blitzes market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... true SRI investment strategy instead of a "best of sector" approach, which means the strategy was overweight financial stocks, underweight resources stocks and includes a number of mid to small cap securities. "It had a really great year last year after ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket was holding its ground at noon after opening moderately higher, with resources stocks leading the way on higher commodity prices. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 13.1 points, or 0.33 per cent, at 4538.9 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... 66.7 points, or 1.5 per cent, to 4527.8. Both indices finished at their highest level since October 8, 2008. NEW YORK - US stocks rose modestly Tuesday, underpinned by optimism that economic recovery is underway and surging commodities prices driven ...

Revamp member education: Ezra

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... flawed when he described to pension members in the de-cumulation phase with significant retirement savings that trading stocks or bonds was like playing a casino game. "I'm standing here thinking 'this is not even 101, this is an introduction and you ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... Australian sharemarket was almost one per cent higher at noon following gains in the financial sector and among the gold stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 41.9 points, or 0.94 per cent, at 4496.3, while the broader All Ordinaries ...