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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... cent) at 3,104.12. The narrower Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 blue chips touched into the black only late in trade, gaining 5.22 points (0.04 per cent) at 13,557.00. News that housing starts leapt 15.0 per cent in September from August to an annual ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... higher after a positive lead from overseas with markets shrugging off Standard & Poor's slashing Spain's credit rating and gaining added steam from a big drop in US jobs claims. At 0636 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract ...

AustSuper adds hedge IEq option

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... product, said, "This [new hedged international shares] option will provide our members with an alternative option for gaining exposure to international sharemarkets, where the impact on returns from currency movements has been reduced." Lacey said the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... labour market and better sales from retail stores helped push Wall Street higher, with the Dow Jones industrial average gaining 80.75 points to close at 13,575.36. "We had a reasonable lead from the US overnight and commodity prices were were up as well ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... Jones Industrial Average, which added 12.25 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 13,494.61. The broad-based S&P 500 was stronger, gaining 5.24 points, or 0.36 per cent, at 1,450.99, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite added 15.19, or 0.49 per cent, to 3,135.23 ...

Fix philanthropy from ground up: FYA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... philanthropic interest. The Immerse program involves taking six to eight people between the ages of 18 and 30 interested in gaining experience in philanthropy with the desire of either continuing or establishing a family legacy. Placements of 3-12 months ...

Investors warned on VIX futures

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... varying exposure that factors in the mean-reverting pattern of volatility. While absolute return volatility strategies are gaining traction in Europe, one impediment to local take-up has been the issue of where it fits in a balanced portfolio, according ...

Businesses in for tougher times: Debt collector

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... staff reported that it's noticeably harder to collect debts, while overall collections are down significantly despite gaining market share over that period. "This hasn't hit the official figures yet, which is not uncommon. "But we are noticing significant ...

No change - no mas, no less

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... more of these European tits and tats until the ECB hold its formal talks on the 6th of next month. Expectations are again gaining momentum that the ECB will do something. If it's able to push through with the "Draghi Plan" and/or perhaps a token cut ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... against the dollar, with dealers continuing to shift away from the safe haven Japanese currency. The Nikkei ended flat, gaining 0.09 per cent as late profit-taking offset early gains, to 9,171.16. Sydney eased 0.13 per cent, or 5.8 points, to close at ...