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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... scored solid opening gains on hopes that political leaders will find a way to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts in January. After five minutes of trade on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 108.12 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... dropped as investors focused on US budget talks to avert a fiscal crisis that could see hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic tax hikes and spending cuts tip the world's biggest economy into recession. Heightened tensions in the Middle East undermined ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
The Australian market is more than three-quarters of a per cent lower after Wall Street plunged overnight. At 1023 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 36.7 points, or 0.84 per cent, at 4,351.7, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Don't ignore Lifecycle Funds: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... interest can change their allocations. But the people who are completely disengaged stand to benefit a lot from the automatic changes to asset allocations allowed through a Lifecycle Fund, Mathers said. Some of the downsides associated with Lifecycle ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
The Australian market was flat at midday as fears about the US fiscal cliff kept trading volumes low. At 1200 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.524 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,459.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
The results are all in. The week of punting is over... almost. And what have we got? A few lucky ones who gambled their life savings on "Green Moon" to win the Melbourne Cup and those who chose the seven winning numbers in Australia's A$100 million ...

Obama victory ignites fiscal cliff fears

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... victory in the presidential race. President Obama's priority is to secure a budget deal with the US Congress to avoid automatic spending cuts and tax increases amounting to $600 billion. However, with the Republicans in control of the House of Representatives ...

Avoid estate planning mistakes

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
Advisers may need more technical and compliance knowledge to make sure that they meet clients' needs with estate planning, said Equity Trustees Limited. Actually drafting a Will or documenting an estate plan may prove more complex than some had realised ...

Trading mistake forces Indian exchange crash

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... statement from the exchange said. "The circuit filter got triggered and the market closed automatically." After the automatic suspension of 10 minutes, designed to ensure stability on the market and avoid wild fluctuations, trading resumed in line with ...

A stock market rally could get Obama over the line

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... gridlock. HSBC predicts one of three scenarios on the back of the election outcome, ranging from potentially traumatic automatic austerity whereby global equities fall by 15% to 20%, to a complete postponement of tough decisions on how to tackle the ...