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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 3.55 per cent from 3.43 per cent late on Friday. The drop in demand for safety holdings like Treasurys signalled that investors are less afraid that Europe's debt problems will spoil a global recovery. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... while European Union finance ministers agreed on a euro750 billion ($A1.08 trillion) EU and International Monetary Fund safety net for troubled eurozone countries. Mr James said concrete solutions from Europe's leaders had assuaged market uncertainty. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... record 7.5 per cent before falling back to 7.35 per cent, driving speculation that Athens would have to invoke an EU-IMF safety net accord agreed last month. Athens said it would not but the markets were sceptical, with Greek shares slumping more than ...

AvSuper rolls out conservative growth option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... 1990 to provide superannuation benefits to employees and former employees of Airservices Australia and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). AvSuper opened membership to the general public from 1 July 2005 and currently has more than 5,500 members ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... recovery. The Dow Jones industrials were off, and interest rates also fell as investors moved money out of stocks and into the safety of Treasuries. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index fell to 46 in February from 56.5 last month. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... cent, to 3,689.25. TOKYO - Japanese stocks closed down 0.46 per cent, weighed by deepening concerns over Toyota's mass safety recall while investors remained cautious ahead of a US jobs report. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index fell ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... Britain among the "most stable and low-risk" banking systems. The report drove the US dollar higher as investors sought safety. That sent some commodities prices lower, hurting materials stocks. The S&P report was yet another worry for investors who ...

Bonds need a double dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... higher yielding long-term Treasuries. This helps re-liquify the banking system, and ultimately offer lending institutions a safety cushion against potential defaults and/or the means to again increase their lending activity. The bottomline is that the ...

Fixing an industry on steroids

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... easiest change is to allow banks to more full reflect potential loan losses by taking larger reserves for their problems...safety and soundness concerns supersede other considerations," he said. Second, Mayo called an end to bail-out packages for banks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... signs that the economy was improving. In recent weeks, however, investors have been shuttling between stocks and seeking safety in US dollar cash investments as they try to determine how strong the economic recovery will be and where they will be able ...