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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
... "Their market is up and we've decided to go up with them." Klusman said local market strength was also coming through the banks and a lift in BHP's stocks. "Today the banks are carrying the can," he said. "They're all up - BHP was negative but is now ...

Bear bargains and ambulance chasers

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
... although he still ranks Bear Stearns as one to avoid. "The best mix of risk and return will be among the higher-quality banks. They'll likely get dragged down along with the weaker stocks in the sector, but they'll have the least chance of developing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
... 2,699.03. LONDON - Britain's index of top 100 shares closed 0.56 per cent higher, as troubled mortgage lender Northern Rock led banks higher to bolster the overall market. The FTSE 100 finished 36.1 points higher to 6,433.0, with a session high of 6,484.4. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
... ground and falls significantly short of the world's biggest gold resource. Despite the overall move downwards this morning, banks opened higher and retailer David Jones gained three cents to $4.98 after reporting a 35 per cent lift in annual net profit. ...

Australia versus economic escargot

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... RBA's Financial Stability Review was also supportive of the Aussie dollar, highlighting the profitability of Australian banks and the very small size, and low arrears rates of the Australian non-conforming loan market (Australia's sub-prime).

India-Australia wealth management forum set for take-off

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... is now a global policy model being followed by many countries in the region. "When you realise that Australia's largest banks are comparable in size to the entire Indian banking industry you can see the scale of opportunity that is arising over there ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... suggestions the market could put a $2.4 billion dent in Deutsche Bank's profit. That came with a fall with Citigroup and other banks. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 61.13 points or 0.44 per cent to 13,759.06. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index closed ...

Both feet firmly on the high wire

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... adjustment in risk spreads is to be welcomed, increasing the likely durability of the current global expansion," the report said. Banks found themselves dead centre of a credit squeeze with a significant amount of the financing of recent years that occurred ...

Portfolios not adjusted for downturn

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... no-one expected double-digit profits next year. Investors also cut credit or interest-rate sensitive sector holdings such as banks, autos and construction. Surprisingly, 27 per cent still remain overweight in insurance, even though global investors are ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
... futures contracts had expired. "It could be a little bit ho hum' today. We've done all the action yesterday." With the big banks, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia was one cent lower at $55.89, the National Australia Bank had slipped 14 cents to $37.85 ...