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CFD traders hibernate during crisis

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... volatility," said Mark Johnston, principal of Investment Trends. "Last year a number of people said [they were] interested in trading CFDs, and the only thing stopping [them] is that they haven't gotten around to doing it yet," he said. But this year ...

Sentiment seesaw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... seesaw became obvious as the Dow Jones industrial index went from a 4.4 per cent loss to a 4.7 per cent gain all in one trading day. Similarly, the S&P 500 index turned its early morning (US time) retreat of as much as 4.6 per cent into a 4.2 per cent ...

Perennial bears the bear

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... outflows coincided with the very month that the S&P bounced back and continued to rise. Coincidence or not, the first seven trading days of October - before the bail-outs and worldwide government intervention - a record US$31 billion flew out of US equity ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
The Australian share market was trading more than five per cent lower at noon dragged down by the resources sector and after heavy losses from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 237.6 points, or 5.53 per cent, at 4,062.4, while ...

Sober and sombre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
True to script, Wall Street calmed down from the euphoric rally that greeted investors at the start of the trading week. Just as the spectacular one-day rallies of the 1930s (see yesterday's report, "Depression no more?") were followed by more sober ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... points at the opening, a move that was hardly surprising after such a huge gain. The market is expected to see jittery trading in the weeks and perhaps months ahead because of worries about the weak economy. Stocks also tend to ratchet up and down when ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... index futures contract had risen 244 points to 4438, on a volume of 21,769 contracts. Burrell Stockbroking director of trading Richard Herring said the market had opened strongly this morning, with banking and energy sectors leading the gains. "We've ...

Depression no more?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... Dow posted an even bigger 15.3 per cent rise on 15 March 1933, but the previous day's comparison was 3 March 1933 - no trading was recorded for a fortnight. The S&P 500 closed 11.6 per cent higher and the Nasdaq was up 11.8 per cent. Expect similar moves ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... futures index up over seven per cent, following Wall Street's boom overnight. At 0826 AEDT, the key pointer to the day's trading in Australia, the December SPI futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange, was up 306 points at 4,500. The three major ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... volume of 22,759 contracts. CMC Markets senior dealer Matthew Lewis said the local indices falling below 4000 points in trading this morning -- at around 1130 AEDT -- had been a psychological blow to investors. "It really is total market capitulation ...