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Market down 5%: Resources look ugly

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
At reporting season's three quarter mark last week, defensive stocks surfaced with their best half year of growth since 2009, while cyclicals recorded their worst - despite industrials earnings rising 4%. With only a little more than a third of stocks ...

Life readies for new cap increases

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... announced a $383 million profit, seeing its share price climb to $4.36, an increase of 4.8%. When it released its first half year results yesterday, AMP said that it had worked hard to build a significant capital buffer ahead of regulatory changes, particularly ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... despite posting a 21 per cent profit growth for the year to June 30. Alumina shed 3.75 cents to 75 cents after posting a half year loss of $14.6 million, blaming lower prices and a weak aluminium market. Building materials provider Adelaide Brighton ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... payments system board meeting. In equities news, APN News & Media, Santos and QBE Insurance Group Ltd are due to post half year results, while Treasury Wine Estates and Platinum Asset Management are scheduled to announce full year results. ANZ is due ...

Higher profits/lower dividends: AMP FHY result

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
AMP limited has reported a $383 million profit in its first half year results, up 11% on the first half year to 30 June 2011. The rise was largely the result of its merger with AXA, which occurred half way through the previous corresponding first-half ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
The Australian stock market opened stronger on Wednesday, with a strong earnings report from the Commonwealth Bank giving the market a boost in the early session of trading. At 1018 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16 points ...

US equities a gateway to emerging markets

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
Investing in American equities can be a good way to gain exposure to emerging markets without the risk associated with direct investment. Investing in high-quality US stocks can offer exposure to Chinese growth drivers and wider emerging market consumer ...

Trio: ASIC evidence insufficient to prosecute Flader

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
ASIC revealed yesterday it has insufficient evidence to prove controller of the Trio Group, Jack Flader, has breached Australian Law. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry into the collapse of Trio Capital ...

Investor appetite for risk continues to flat-line

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
Due to ongoing challenging market conditions investor's appetite for risk continues to flat-line with investors moving their focus from capital growth to stable income, according to GBST Broker Services and Financial Services. In the current investment ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... productivity. In equities news, Thorn Group is due to post full year results, while Graincorp is expected to announce half year results, and Leighton Holdings holds its annual general meeting. In Australia, the market on Monday closed higher, driven ...