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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
... and came under pressure in morning trade as risk aversion returned to the fore on the news that UK mortgage lender Northern Rock had fallen victim to fallout from the US sub-prime mortgage sector. "There was news that Northern Rock had to go cap in hand ...

Sub-prime 20/20 hindsight

Alan Greenspan, former Fed chief and financial guru, the man who can rock Wall Street with a throwaway line, has admitted he didn't smell the sup-prime coffee during his tenure as Federal Reserve Chairman. Greenspan ran the central bank for more than ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
The local bourse is expected to open with decent gains, fuelled by a strong close on Wall Street and higher base metal prices. At 0806 AEST, the September share price index on the Sydney Futures Market was up 14 points to 6275. In economic news today ...

ASFA awards Who's Who

... for their Government co-contributions campaign Vision Super for their website enhancement AMP Corporate Super for their 'Rock away with an iPod' campaign Qsuper for the Qsuper website Navigator Australia for their New Employee Kit Australian Super for ...

The upside of carnage

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
... probably see more corrective action in coming weeks, as Bob Doll, vice Chairman and global Chief Investment Officer of Black Rock Investment Managers explained, "The uncertainty in investors' minds will not be erased any time soon." "To us, this year-end ...

Rate hike to launch dollar?

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
Higher inflation has proved too hot to handle for the Reserve Bank board who increased the cash rate by 25 basis points to 6.5 per cent - our highest cash rate since November 1996. Reserve Bank Governor, Glenn Stevens, highlighted that economic conditions ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... economy and miners enduring a turbulent day of trade. The biggest fall came from British Energy, although gains in Northern Rock and GlaxoSmithKline helped to prevent further damage. Britain's FTSE 100 index fell 43.89 points or 0.68 per cent to 6,454.3. ...

Being smart doesn't guarantee wealth

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
Smart people have better jobs, make more money, save more, invest more and end up richer than dumb people? Not quite, according to a report. An intriguing study from the US has confirmed what many of us probably knew but wouldn't openly admit: being ...

Clean, green profit machines

New figures show that clean technology companies trumped the Australian sharemarket in the performance stakes over the last financial year with one outperforming stock returning more than 1,000 per cent over the period. Based on the analysis of the ...

State Street's 130/30 funds gain $10bn Edge

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) today announced their innovative 130/30 Edge funds had broken through the US$10 billion mark in assets under management. The world's first 130/30 product, first launched in December 2004 in Sydney, Australian Alpha ...