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Renewed appetite for Aussie stocks

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
According to BetaShares' Australian ETF Review, renewed interest in Australian equities products led to market cap growth of around 4% for the month of July and net new assets of $57 million. While yield remains popular with investors through high dividend ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher despite Wall Street finishing mainly in the red after disappointing economic data out of Japan and Greece and no stimulatory measures from China. At 0753 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street eventually found positive territory on Friday in a somewhat directionless session. At 0745 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 17 points at ...

Doing our bit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
In my book last week has gotta be one of the boring-est weeks of 2012. But with most equity markets ending on the plus side, boring is good enough for me. Reports that the US economy created 163,000 jobs in July - better than the 100K expected - sent ...

The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
Indecisions, indecisions... Is this the sound of silence I hear? Investors appear to have stopped on their tracks, unsure of whether the next move would be a jump or a dive. But with momentum blowing on their tail, chances are the uptrend that started ...

ACCI calls for right to sue foreign govs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has launched a campaign for trade agreements to include on a case-by-case basis provisions allowing private companies to sue foreign governments. Known as Investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
Australian shares opened slightly higher as the resources sector posts gains after Rio Tinto predicted China would have a quick recovery in its pace of growth. At 1014 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 12.8 points, or 0.3 per ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher. At 0800 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up six points at 4,287. In economic news on Thursday, the Austalian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is due to release July's Labour ...

Dunn loses bonus shares

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
AMP chief executive officer Craig Dunn has been forced to forfeit 777,778 shares, after the company's share price fell from $6.50 in 2010, to the current price of $4.04. The 777, 778 shares - worth approximately $3.2 million - were granted in 2010 ...

Blahs take the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
Another day, another blah to keep risk takers happy. Yes Virginia, in keeping up with our Olympics theme, it's turning out to be a blah relay. This time, Eric S. Rosengren -- president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - is running with the blah ...