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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... per cent) at 13,488.43 but the broad-based S&P 500 was flat, down 0.07 point (0.00 per cent) at 1,472.05, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 3.87 (0.12 per cent) to 3,125.63. European stock markets closed with modest gains, while the euro rose ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... per cent) at 13,488.43 But the broad-based S&P 500 was flat, down 0.07 point (0.00 per cent) at 1,472.05, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 3.87 (0.12 per cent) to 3,125.63. The results came as Wells Fargo became the first major bank to report ...

Upside for risk assets in 2013: Threadneedle

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... cautious view of the global economic environment for some time," he said. "The overhang of national debt will cast a very heavy shadow for an extended period, and for this reason we remain cautious on companies that are heavily reliant on government ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... end at 21,799.97 while Shanghai was up 0.78 per cent, or 15.37 points, at 1,975.14. Both markets rebounded after posting heavy losses the previous day. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares fell for a second day, retreating from a five-year high as Chorus ...

Life-cycle funds boost retirement income: Mercer

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... in line with the age of the individual fund member. "Using this approach, members start with a high growth strategy and a heavy equities focus and then reduce their exposure to risk over time. By the age of retirement, the investment has relatively low ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... October. Madrid's IBEX 35 index soared by 1.74 per cent to 7,973.70 points, rebounding from losses the previous day following heavy job cuts at Spanish nationalised lender Bankia. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies jumped 1.15 per cent to 5,870.3 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... IG Markets strategist Stan Shamu said the Australian market had been nudging the 4,400 mark for most of the week, after heavy falls in early November. "That is now the key level to look out for in the near term, should the market manage to hold on to ...

Advisers must change mindset in face of FoFA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... industry and encouraging advisers to think outside simply providing product solutions." Sheehan says she would fully support a heavy-handed approach from regulators to clean-up the industry. "There needs to be more bannings and more regulatory enforcement. ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said he was not aware of any identifiable reason or news that would suggest such heavy falls other than that the ASX had been outperforming US markets in recent days. "These things feed on themselves a little ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... confidence rose more than expected and hit the highest level since July 2007. But market sentiment, battered after two days of heavy losses, was fragile and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up a mere 4.07 points, or 0.03 per cent, at 12,815.39. ...