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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... slipped 16 cents to $26.84. Overnight, Wall Street rose in a stable session despite data showing the US economy shrank in the third quarter. The Dow Jones closed up 189.73 points, or 2.11 per cent, to 9,180.69, while the Nasdaq was up 41.31 points, or ...

It's the war, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... came back to the market after the advance estimate of US real GDP showed that the economy contracted by 0.3 per cent in the third quarter - the biggest quarterly fall since the 1990/91 recession. But this is better than consensus expectations for a 0.5 ...

Seesaw Margery Daw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... advance estimate of US real GDP could be an eye opener. The US economy is expected to have contracted by 0.5 per cent in the third quarter. Partial US indicators during the July-September period certainly points to this. Bu this represents only a scorecard ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... will release its business survey for the September quarter. In company news, Austar United Communications will present its third quarter results, and BT Investment Management Ltd releases annual results. Lihir Gold Ltd will present its third quarter ...

Former Virgin Money execs launch Mozo

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... Comparison sites have become more popular as more people turn to the internet to do background research before buying. Over a third of UK consumers who research financial services online use a financial aggregator site to do so. In 2006, some 8.7 million ...

Brokers consider their options

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
A CoreData report found roughly 2,000 mortgage brokers believe they will change broking groups in the next year as big banks cut commissions and continue to squeeze them out of the industry. The study of 700 Australian mortgage brokers revealed two ...

This too shall pass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... in our chronology was in 2001. According to data as of July 2008, the 2001 recession involved declines in the first and third quarters of 2001 but not in two consecutive quarters.' Investigation by the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) revealed ...

WealthBuilder targets generational clients

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
IOOF has created WealthBuilder - a multigenerational investment bond targeted towards investors focussed on estate planning and medium to long term savings. According to Renato Mota, general manager investor solutions at IOOF, estate planning provides ...

The luckier country

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... months ago, indicating the sharp contraction in activity. News that China's real GDP growth slowed to 9 per cent in the third quarter from 10.1 per cent in the previous three-month period is also not encouraging. While risk remains that Australia could ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... In France, the CAC 40 gained 26.89 points, or 0.78 per cent, to 3,475.40. TOKYO - Japanese share prices rebounded for a third day Tuesday as hopes mounted for another US economic stimulus package and investors welcomed signs of a thaw in credit markets. ...