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FPWS unveils new SMA service

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... investors to access professional investment managers while still owning each individual stock directly. Investors can 'lock' stocks or portfolios via the service. The FPWS SMA Service will offer investors and investment managers a choice of equity portfolio ...

Time to buy Aus shares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... "A year ago taxi drivers were giving you stock tips, which is always the sell signal. Today, you are buying those same stocks on significantly lower price to earnings," said Fiani. "Investors are understandably gun shy, but the best equity market returns ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
Australian stocks remained strong at noon, led by the financial sector, after rebounding this morning from Friday's horror session. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 191.1 points, or 4.82 per cent, to 4153.8, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly higher after US stocks slowed their declines on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index fell 1.49 per cent and 1.18 per cent respectively while the NASDAQ managed to gain 0.27 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
Australian stocks were over six per cent lower at noon, after US shares plunged to fresh five-year lows overnight. Approximately $69 billion has been wiped off the value of All Ordinaries stocks so far today, and $170 billion since last Friday's close. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... continued its freefall to close at fresh three-year lows. The local bourse was weighed down by heavy losses among energy stocks and the Commonwealth Bank. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 67.2 points, or 1.53 per cent, to 4,320.9, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
Australian stocks were at lower at noon after world stock markets suffered another dizzying slide overnight as traumatised investors brushed aside central bank interest rate cuts aimed at boosting confidence. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... low, plummeting five per cent as the continuing fallout from the global credit crisis wiped $56 billion from the value of stocks. It was the biggest one-day fall for both major stock exchange indices since January 22 this year. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
Australian stocks were lower at noon after Wall Street sank to a five-year low overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 188.5 points, or 4.08 per cent, at 4430.2, while the broader All Ordinaries had lost 185.2 points, or 4.03 per ...

Central Banks must unite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... Profits improved and business investment returned. Banks used this improved climate to accelerate their sales of bonds and stocks, thereby managing to enhance their capital positions. All became well. The problem this time, is that the US fed funds rate ...