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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket was lower at noon as investors were unwilling to buy stocks because of concerns about losses related to credit markets and margin loans. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 22.4 points, or 0.42 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight on a stronger-than-expected Midwestern business activity report. Resource stocks may decline after base metal prices declined overnight. At 0700 AEDT on the Sydney ...

Short selling faces revamp

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... (SEC) established what is known as the Regulation SHO to target "naked" short selling where the seller tries to short sell stocks they have no legal claim to. The US regulation was set up to curb sellers who they and the market believed sometimes intentionally ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... Australian sharemarket had declined slightly as of noon as gold miners fell, with the price of the precious metal lower. Banking stocks slid, too, following financial stocks in the US. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 1.3 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after US stocks and base metals prices declined on Friday. At 0804 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index futures contract was down 49 points to 5,380. In company news today ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
The Australian sharemarket was weaker at noon, after US stocks fell overnight on worries about a cutback in business spending and fears of another major casualty in the banking sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 81.8 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after US stocks ended lower this morning, although rises in base metal prices in London will support mining stocks. At 0707 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index futures ...

Cash is still king

... only reinforced the bearish sentiment. "The Australian share market has a disproportionate weighting to financial sector stocks, making it especially vulnerable to negative sentiment towards this sector. Also, Australian shares have strongly outperformed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
The Australian sharemarket was weaker at noon after US stocks fell overnight after a double dose of lacklustre economic news on the housing market and the factory sector dampened investor optimism. At 1207 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down ...

Magellan Global mirrors Berkshire strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... value style used by Warren Buffet, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. The long-term investment portfolio holds between 25-50 stocks and is managed by former joint head of global banking at Deutsche Bank, Hamish Douglass and ex-chairman and former UBS Australasia ...