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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after Wall Street closed weaker on Friday. At 0722 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was down 21 points at 4,030. In economic news, the Australian ...

Sentiment seesaw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
Up and down we go, where it stops we do not know. Wall Street's performance overnight highlights how tenuous financial market sentiment remains. The sentiment seesaw became obvious as the Dow Jones industrial index went from a 4.4 per cent loss to a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained in a late rally early this morning, amid ongoing volatility on markets. At 0758 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was up ...

AustSuper stays cautious

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
The $28 billion industry fund AustralianSuper has raised its allocation to cash and global bonds as it seeks shelter from volatile markets. Speaking at a Melbourne meeting for fund members yesterday evening, Ian Silk, chief executive of AustralianSuper ...

No instant gratification

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
'Rome was not built in a day.' Wall Street's behaviour over the past few days reflects the GenXers and GenYers culture of instant gratification. Flick a switch and dinner is cooked, the music plays, moving images play on the screen. Click on the mouse ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open significantly lower after US stocks slumped overnight as economic reports there showed the economy is headed for a recession, if not there already. At 0753 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures ...

Depression no more?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
A depression-like stockmarket tumble needs a depression-like bounce back. This is what the equity markets' got overnight as Wall Street staged its biggest rally since October 1931. Equity markets across Europe and the US recorded spectacular one-day ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to surge at open this morning, with the Australian futures index up over seven per cent, following Wall Street's boom overnight. At 0826 AEDT, the key pointer to the day's trading in Australia, the December SPI ...

HFs continue to outperform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
Hedge funds are outperforming global indices despite making heavy losses during the last month. The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index lost 4.85 per cent during September against the S&P 500 Total Return and MSCI World Equity indices which lost 8.91 ...

Neuberger Berman pledges money guarantee

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
Lehman Brothers subsidiary Neuberger Berman Management has put up its hand to be a part of the US Treasury Temporary Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds. The trustee board of bankrupt Lehman Brothers' asset management arm, along with all other ...