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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... terms of what to do with the second Greek bail-out package," Ms Ong said. "That saw the euro jump quite significantly and pretty much dragged the Aussie... all the way up to 107.70." Ms Ong said the market would wait to see more details come out of the ...

Fidelity sees market ripe for growth investments

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... Rio Tinto, Iluka, Map Airports, Oil Search, Wesfarmers and Commonwealth Bank. "I think in Australia the overall market is pretty attractively priced, valued back below 12 times with some good quality companies with strong balance sheets and growth prospects," ...

Consultant warns super funds on alternative rush

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... and they're just going to be made very expensive and you get poor liquidity, ordinary diversification in many cases and pretty ordinary returns compared to BHP," said Condon. The former MLC chief investment officer described insurance linked securities ...

US Fed hints at QE3

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... calendar year, with US interest rates kept low despite rising inflation. "We actually think that this calendar year will be a pretty good year in the second half," he said.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... amongst the carnage," Mr Bishop said. "It's confirmation the resources boom is not dead, it's just the market reacting pretty savagely to uncertainty overseas." Banks and consumer discretionary retailers were the worst performers News Corporation's main ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... a dramatic turnaround in global markets in the last fortnight. "Two weeks ago, it was priced for Armageddon. Now, it is pretty bullish going into the earnings season. "Two weeks ago, you couldn't get a good piece of economic data. Now, the last five ...

Boing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... Target store sales increased by 5.7% in the year to June; Macy's sales lifted by 7.5%; Saks by 8.7% -- and we get a nice, pretty little picture. Australian retailers must be so turning green with envy for despite the continued employment good news here ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... board later on Tuesday, but most expect rates to remain on hold, Ms Spencer said. "No move at all is widely expected and pretty much priced in," she said. "The only thing that could have any bearing is any commentary but, really, the detailed commentary ...

China-Gillard tug o' war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... for Australia's resources exports, the domestic equity market's 2010/11 fiscal year performance would have been a less pretty picture. The S&P/ASX 300 Resources index jumped by 16.1 per cent over the past 12 months. You know why? Yes, you know why - ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... biggest news this morning was a fairly weak Chinese PMI number at around 1100 AEST," Ms Ong said. "The currency dropped pretty quickly on the back of it." The Chinese PMI was "in expansionary territory, but only just," adding to a "raft of data globally ...