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Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
In three days time, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will again meet to talk about monetary policy. Chances are there's little chance of a change in policy settings. The BOJ board would decide to keep settings as they did at the 7-8 April gabfest -- key interest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street posted solid gains following a big jump in US existing-home sales and a mixed bag of earnings reports from Boeing, McDonald's and others. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the June share price ...

The bad and the bad and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
It's bad, it's bad, it's bad you know it. They say bad news come in threes - we've got all three at the end of last week. Greece running out of money and reform deal still looks unlikely heading into its meeting with 'the institutions' four days and ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following losses on Wall Street overnight. At 0720 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down six points at 5,938. US stocks finished a touch lower after a mixed round of company ...

China's trade trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
Crrr-unch! That's the sound of China's trade numbers collapsing. And it was a thunderous thud, Virginia. The country's trade surplus shrank to US$3.08 billion in March from $60.6 bil in February and expectations for a US$40 bil print. With imports dropping ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street mostly rose as gains in consumer shares helped boost benchmarks back near records. At 0813 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down two points at 5,955. In ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street where energy stocks fell along with the price of oil. At 0755 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down 14 points at 5,945. In local economic news ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street lifted more than one per cent as investors weighed the timing of US interest-rate increases after lower-than-forecast economic data. At 0818 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
Weak commodity prices and big losses on Wall Street have dragged the Australian share market lower. Fears of a US rate rise in June have hurt the US and Australian equity markets and a stronger US dollar is weakening commodity prices, CMC Markets chief ...

Demand for ethical investments soars

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
Ethically-screened FUM monitored by the Ethical Advisers' Co-operative has increased by 18% in the past 12 months to $910 million. Labelling itself "Australia's First Adviser Co-Operative", the EAC is a collection of financial planning firms focused ...