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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after US stocks fell on fears about the health of big financial firms and the overall economy. At 0823 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March Share Price Index futures contract was down 104 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
The Australian share market was marginally higher this morning, with the market relieved housing finance data for November had met expectations. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 7.8 points, or 0.21 per cent, at 3,662.4, and the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
The Australian stock market is expected to open flat after US stocks closed mixed on Tuesday. At 0816 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March Share Price Index futures contract was steady at 3,623. In economic news today, the Australian Bureau ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
The Australian share market was nearly two per cent lower at noon dragged down by a weak resources sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 64.6 points, or 1.75 per cent, at 3,618.7, and the broader All Ordinaries index had lost ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after US stocks fell as earnings season looms. At 0751 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March Share Price Index futures contract was down 57 points at 3,618. In economic news today, the Manpower-Melbourne ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
The Australian share market was nearly two per cent lower at noon following the tumble on Wall Street after the US unemployment rate shot to a 16-year high. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 67.7 points, or 1.81 per cent, at 3,668 ...

Planners turn to cash and TD funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
Cash and term deposit funds from St George, UBS and Adelaide Bank led the list of Aviva's top 10 funds for net inflows during 2008 while Platinum International Fund and Perpetual Wholesale Industrial Fund suffered the highest level of redemptions over ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
The Australian sharemarket bounced back at noon as strong resources stocks helped the market shrug off a negative lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 20.8 points, or 0.58 per cent, at 3,625.1, while the broader ...

Calls to cut super contribs fails to get traction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
Simplistically rejecting the idea of temporarily cutting super contributions misses the big opportunity - putting superannuation into the economic frontline and making it part of our monetary policy heavy artillery. A group of economists lead by Nick ...

Super funds reject calls to cut super contrib

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
A group of economists lead by Nick Gruen, principal of the Lateral Economics consultancy, have written to the Prime Minister proposing that employer super contributions be cut from 9 to 6 per cent with the money transferring to employees as take-home ...