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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... added 4.55 points, or 0.13 per cent, at 3,473.77. Before trade opened S&P upgraded its debt rating outlook for the United States, saying there is now less than a one-in-three chance for a downgrade in the near term. S&P cited a somewhat improved US political ...

QIC takes stake in US shopping malls

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... quality, scarce offshore assets that meet the global real estate needs of institutional clients. "Expansion into the United States retail sector is a natural progression and comes after extensive investigation of the real estate market," said QIC Global ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... second half of 2013 "have been weaker" as the company waited for approval to sell its new Nucleus 6 product in the United States and Europe. Telstra is also under pressure as the asbestos scare from the national broadband rollout continues, with its ...

Gold as an "insurance" against inflation: Lazard

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... Bratt said. Bratt explained that five years since the end of the recession, unemployment is still at 7.5% in the United States and it is not clear that the quantitative easing policy is working. Also, there is a need for underlying economies to start ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... Evan Lucas said Australian shares were off to a positive start due to strong overseas leads, especially from the United States. "It's been a blanket pick up this morning after the Dow and the S&P smashed it overnight," he said. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Three arrows hitting the spot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... shows what could be achieved when all hands are on deck - pushing the economy forward, unlike in Europe or even the United States where the forward push of monetary policy is being pulled backwards by the drag of fiscal policy. All premised on what later ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
The Australian share market has opened firmer after markets in the United States pushed to new highs. On Wall Street overnight, investors were buoyed by a government report pointing to lower-than-expected jobless claims. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Bullish markets boost demand for bespoke structured products

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... two-year mandate from a boutique adviser to construct a bespoke product based on a basket of eight stocks in the United States, covering five industry sectors. Instreet is a boutique investment house with more than $500 million in assets under management ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... investors were now buying back in. He said expectations were also high for an improved company earnings season in the United States, which has just begun. Also, moves by Japan to stimulate its economy was generating positive sentiment and helping to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... the yen to its lowest level in almost four years against the dollar. A worse-than-expected jobs report from the United States added to selling pressure, while continuing tensions on the Korean peninsula and a bird flu outbreak in China also weighed on ...