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Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... and inflation fears subside", said research analyst Kash Kamal at Sucden Financial. Investors were nevertheless keeping an eye on developments with Greece, with the European Commission saying it was not satisfied with Greece's new bailout reform proposals. ...

Bargain hunters drive strong market gains

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
The prospect of further interest rate cuts, plus plenty of bargain hunting by savvy investors, is fuelling the strongest session on the share market in more than a month. Despite weak overseas leads, the market is more than one per cent higher, as investors ...

Expert issues cyber-attack warning

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
The incoming New Payments Platform will leave financial institutions, including super funds and wealth managers, vulnerable to cyber criminals unless they upgrade their security, a fraud and cyber-crime expert has warned. Similar to the UK's Faster ...

Forget Australia, head stateside for property yield

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
Forget about Australia's fast rising real estate sector, the next opportunity in that space could be in the United States, as all eyes turn to the timing of interest rate rises. Australia's love affair with property is "certainly greater than Australia's ...

Damned lies and (actual) stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... zero to 0.1% interest rates and JGB purchases at an annual pace of A¥80 trillion. While Governor Kuroda moved the bull's eye on the 2% inflation target from "within 2015" to "around the first half of fiscal 2016", the BOJ still believes its own 'lie' ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street overnight. At 0646 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,570. Locally on Tuesday, official housing finance figures for March ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains on Wall Street on Friday. The June share price index futures contract was up 43 points at 5,645. Wall Street stocks surged more than one per cent on Friday after new data showed that the ...

Bond bears out of hibernation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
If even a dog can have his day, why not bears? Can't blame 'em Virginia, it's May after all - that month of the year when you, I and Irene are supposed to "sell and go away". But, but... but it may be more than the seasonality this May that's' taking ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
All eyes, ears, and noses are on the Fed and how it crafts its forward guidance when its 2-day FOMC meeting concludes tomorrow. Yes, it's forward guidance for there is nothing in the stars pointing to a lift-off announcement when tomorrow comes. While ...

Tech stock tech stock (tick tock tick tock)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015