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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... expected to open higher after the three day slump to a new four year low gives investors a buying opportunity, and after US stocks rebounded overnight. Energy stocks may also gain after the price of oil increased, although miners are likely to decline ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... to $37.51, despite saying it will achieve record production, revenue and profit in calendar 2008. Among the other energy stocks, Oil Search gained one cent to $4.78 and Santos fell 56 cents, or 4.01 per cent to $13.39.

FirstChoice platform upgrade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... of simply using market price. This strategy eliminates the problem of traditional index funds that overweight overvalued stocks. In addition to the Realindex RAFI funds, the FirstChoice Emerging Markets multi manager option was also added to the platform. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after US stocks slumped overnight after Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the government would not buy banks' soured mortgage assets after all. Resource stocks also are likely to fall after oil ...

Bakers portfolio rated 'investment grade'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... investors with a medium to long-term investment horizon, it mentions the portfolio includes a high concentration in utilities stocks and the portfolio's returns are dependant on the energy sector's performance. However, the portfolio's bias also presents ...

Thumbs up for high conviction: van Eyk

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... predicts emerging opportunities in the Aussie equities concentrated sector, particularly for managers which hold less than 30 stocks in their portfolio. "Increased sector and stock level dispersion in the Australian share market will provide opportunities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today after US stocks fell overnight on signs that company profits are being hit by the decline in consumer spending. At 0810 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures ...

Sisyphian challenge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... per cent in two years to LIBOR +3.0 per cent in five years. The government will purchase US$40 billion worth of preferred stocks in the company and the New York Federal Reserve will lend as much as US$52.5 billion to two new limited-liability companies ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today after US stocks fell overnight on nervousness about how US companies will survive a severe pullback in spending. At 0656 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... driven by China's massive economic stimulus plan, which has boosted appetite among local investors for commodity based stocks. Also, the Reserve Bank of Australia has indicated there is more work to be done in cutting interest rates as it tries to strike ...