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AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... strategist Michael McCarthy said local investors had shown a weak reaction to strong US jobs figures released on Friday night. Investors were also considering local building approvals figures and waiting for the latest manufacturing figures from China. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... market moving news and investors were looking ahead to the release of closely-watched US non-farm payrolls figures on Friday night (AEST). "I expect to see pretty flat trade today. There aren't any major drivers in the market," he said. The big four ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... story today will come down to the iron ore players and the fact that we saw a really big break down in those prices last night," IG market strategist Evan Lucas said. "If Chinese manufacturing data due out today shows again just an ever-so-slight expansion ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... for a "considerable" time. You, I and Irene very much expected the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) decision last night, there was nothing new. It's measured taper as she goes: "... the Committee decided to make a further measured reduction in ...

The music's still playing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
Who me? Worry, because... May is nigh? Looking at last night's trading action on Wall Street, Wall Streeters appear to be fear missing out (on more gains) more than they do that of the prospect of the "sell in May" crowd, going away in May. Just look ...

No cut to age pension in this term: Abbott

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... that the pension would be cut back in next month's budget. However, the PM used his address to the Sydney Institute last night to state his intention of making changes to the age pension if he wins a second term. "To keep our commitments, there will ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... said the local bourse was trading on a positive note after the Easter break. "The pipe-opener was the American market last night, which was pretty solid given that European markets were closed," Mr Heffernan said. "The American market is powered by the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... very good news out of the US as far as both retail sales and Citigroup - they were the twin barrels that were firing last night that sent the market up," Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said. "So that has dispelled the nervousness of the ...

Bouncy bouncy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... better-than-expected profits on better-than-expected trading results and cost reductions. But it wasn't only C's shares that ascended last night. Bloomberg listed a few more names: "Edwards Lifesciences gained 11 percent; Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... at noon on Friday. The US tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index suffered its biggest fall in more than two years on Thursday night, amid anxiety about how the prices of stocks in companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Netflix which all fell by about 20 per ...