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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
The Australian market has opened higher despite weak offshore leads as the financial sector lifts local shares. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said the Australian market had opened higher due to a strong start from the financial sector after Westpac ...

Elders Rural sale a growth prospect

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... Rural, which has 226 rural branches and 327 points of presence across Australia and New Zealand, is expecting to announce a buyer after June. ERS provides advice and marketing options to the Australian and New Zealand farm sectors amongst other services ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat after mixed performances on world markets overnight. At 0751 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up one point at 5,195. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Practitioners ill equipped for business sale

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... businesses," Wrightson said. "It's quite common that the practice owner calling us has been in discussion for several months with a buyer who has made an unsolicited offer to acquire the practice," he continued. "We follow up with these callers over ...

Three arrows hitting the spot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... There are no details on these yet unfortunately. Australia has much riding on Tokyo's success - it's the second biggest buyer of our exports - especially at this time when our biggest buyer, China, has accepted that slower growth is the price it has ...

No problemo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
Thanks to all you panic-sellers out there, for without you guys there won't be any dips to buy. And so it goes, Virginia. A momentary bout of selling once more met with dip-buyers. The S&P 500's recoup some of its 2.3% loss the previous day, up 1.4% ...

Boston Bombs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
It started with the gold rush...to the exits, then China growth disappointment - which turned the sell gold (and other commodities) marathon into a sprint - and now this, America's attacked once more. I woke up to the news that two bombs had exploded ...

Missing the forest for the trees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
Another day...another fresh record for the Dow. But... but, wasn't it only last week that financial markets were almost peeing their pants because America has turned the corner back into cactusville yet again? Remember what the headlines told us last ...

No promises, promises for Kuroda

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013

Treasuries - safe but not so rewarding

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... edging up over 2.0% just the week before. And why not, apart from its safe-haven status, the US bond market has a captive buyer in the Fed -- it's buying US$45 billion worth monthly until America's unemployment rate falls below 6.5% and so long as inflation ...