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October - an E (entry/exit) point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
September 2009 bucked the historical norm - that of being the weakest month of the year for stocks - but October started with a bang that scared the thundering herd of bulls. My oh my, just imagine the extrapolations this could engender? Equities sold ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after Wall Street suffered its worst day in three months. At 0709 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 75 points lower at 4645. In economic news on Friday ...

Bears cursed by September curse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... no better exemplified - again - by last night's US releases. The Chicago Purchasing Managers Index fell to 46.1 in September - signalling a fall back in business activity in the area - from 50 in the previous month. Expectations were for a rise to 52. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after US stocks fell as worse-than-expected US jobs data fuelled concern about the economic outlook. Higher oil and precious metal prices overnight, however, should help buoy the local resources sector. ...

Herding 20 cats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
Herding cats. There was not much movement on Wall Street overnight so let's just talk about herding cats today. Wall Street dipped ever so slightly as - despite what the headlines say - there weren't any fresh news to steer direction. It was the same ...

F1 scandal forces ING to dump Renault early

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
ING has terminated its global sponsorship of the Formula One Renault Team early as fallout continues to dog the sport and the sponsors following the Renault F1 cheating scandal. An investigation into a plan to deliberately crash at last year's Singapore ...

Liquidity flow versus trade flow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
There is no mistaking that in the battle between the bulls and the bears, the thundering herd of male cows have got the upper hand over the past six months. Investor sentiment has changed from fearing being in the market to dreading missing out. Despite ...

Platforms bounce back 7.9 pc

Platform funds under advice jumped 7.9 per cent during the June quarter, recording their first lift in 18 months. The combined platform market at $331 billion is, however, still down 19 per cent from its $410 billion September 2007 peak, noted Rainmaker ...

Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
When is a triple A rating not AAA? When the credit rating agencies say it is - in our case, Moody's. But first, a very big yawn with a matching upward stretch of both arms! I am talking about the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, of course. ...

Perth fund manager gets wind up orders

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
ASIC has obtained court orders to wind up Perth-based Finchley Central Funds Management for failing to comply with its obligations under the law. On 22 September 2009, ASIC obtained orders from the Federal Court in Perth to wind up Finchley Central ...