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Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street where weakness in petroleum-linked equities weighed on stocks following poor earnings from ExxonMobil and Chevron and a drop in oil prices At 0820 AEST on Monday, the September ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, despite a mixed lead from Wall Street where the Dow was dragged lower on a disappointing Procter & Gamble earnings report. At 0754 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
The Australian share market is set to open higher after another positive session on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.7 per cent after the US Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate at near-zero per cent and gave no fresh ...

Platinum launches Asia LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... actively managed and invests in companies in the Asian region, ex Japan. Despite recent turbulence in the Chinese stock market, Platinum chief investment officer Andrew Clifford said that Asia continues to be the fastest growing region in the world. ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street snapped a five-day losing streak and European stocks were boosted by bargain-hunting after recent China-inspired losses. At 0802 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures ...

Chinese whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... because China's statistician rigged it. It was due to investors' doubting the government's resolve to "stabilise" the stock market or that it's taking away those "market stabilising" measures. Say whaaa? Like the Fed's "market stabilising" QEs before ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... 22.4 points, or 0.40 per cent, at 5579.2. NEW YORK - Wall Street equities took a hit after a big drop in the Chinese stock market sparked worries about global economic growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 127.94 points (0.73 per cent) at 17,440.59 ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after US stocks fell for a third straight session as disappointing earnings from Caterpillar, American Express and others overshadowed some stronger reports. At 0815 AEST on Friday, the September share price ...

Greece, China damage global hedge fund returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... respectively. Even if the Nikkei 225 was experiencing volatility as a consequence of the correction in the Chinese stock market, Japanese managers posted positive gains mainly by using market neutral strategies. Globally, hedge fund assets under management ...

The "old economy" that is Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... rage and the ones preaching. Where are they now? Back then no one had any appetite for Australia and the Australian stock market - it was an "old economy" - it doesn't have enough, if at all, tech, media and telecom companies to drive it forward. Ba ...