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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... fell 21 cents to $37.83, while Rio Tinto fell 28 cents to $65.32 and Fortescue Metals lost six cents to $4.42. Among the major banks, ANZ lifted 16 cents to $33.37, National Australia Bank rose 15 cents to $34.51, Commonwealth Bank advanced 34 cents ...

Billionaire makers: The cities growing the world's wealthiest

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... billionaires were born, according to analysis by WealthInsight and Spear's magazine. No Australian cities made the list but major financial centres featured prominently. New York came out top overall with a total of 52 billionaires born in the city. ...

Janet's Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... name it. Yes Virginia, just two weeks ago investors were crying crisis, creating concerns of capitulation and eventually, a major correction in financial markets. But look now... the Dow's closed back above 17K last night and the S&P 500's closed at ...

Countplus misses profit guidance

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... company's results were "impacted by the business conditions for the small business sector across the country and the sale of a major poor performing business and the restructuring of another," it said. Countplus is an aggregation of 20 businesses which ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... sails." "It is a case of what could have been if BHP had announced something the market could sink its teeth into." Other major resource stocks also fell, with Rio Tinto down 42 cents at $65.98, while Fortescue dropped 1.5 cents to $4.605 after a 56 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... Australia, which started trading ex-dividend. CBA shares were down $1.85, or more than two per cent, to $79.55. The other major banks were higher, with Westpac up 24 cents to $34.49, while ANZ gained five cents to $32.60 and NAB lifted one cent to $34.23. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... Energy companies were stronger, with Woodside 28.5 cents higher at $42.715 and Origin Energy 11.5 cents higher at $14.175. Major retailers were among the market's better performers, with Woolworths up 26 cents at $36.38, Coles owner Wesfarmers up 14 ...

Consumers have no loyalty to financial institutions

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
The average Australian customer of each of the major banks deals with more than four institutions across their full range of financial services. This shows there is little loyalty towards any one institution, Roy Morgan has concluded. Of the ten major ...

Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... in the US that could prompt earlier rate hike by the Fed - that instigated speculation that it would be the start of a "major correction" in equity markets. Yeah sure. Two weeks since, the S&P 500's up 1.6% -- not much but also not the 5% - 10% correction ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... per cent in the June quarter prompting speculation the European Central Bank would have to roll out stimulus measures. No major local economic news is expected on Friday. In equities news, ANZ is expected to release its third quarter trading update ...