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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
The Australian stock market has received mostly positive leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street finishing higher and precious and base metals prices firmer, although oil prices were weaker. At 0735 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June ...

Still waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
New data, same message. Wall Street remains in the waiting room. Last night's economic updates really didn't do it for Wall Street as it continues to gnaw on its fingers waiting for tonight's delivery...of America's employment report. Most US retailers ...

VTP board backs capital return to shareholders

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
The drama that unfolded five months ago, when financial planning firm Dixon Advisory helped oust the board of listed investment company van Eyk Three Pillars, culminated this week with the proposal to return capital back to shareholders. The board and ...

Australia better than triple A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
"Absolutely not!" "That will never happen to this country." This was US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's when ABC News asked if he was concerned over a possible downgrade of America's credit rating. Worries about the US credit rating made the headlines ...

Greece is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
Greece is the word Greece and the US labour market dominated the financial headlines last week. Greece and its efforts to contain its widening budget deficit provides a forward view of how things could escalate from bad to worse and when debts go wild. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
Australian stocks are expected to open higher on Thursday with the Federal Reserve's positive statements about the state of the economic recovery in the US driving gains on Wall Street. At 0804 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
We knew 2010 would be challenging, but not this way. Not like this. Yes Virginia, we agreed that 2010 would be challenging. We thought it would be challenging because America would experience turtle-paced economic growth at best. We thought it would ...

PIMCO to expand Australian product suite

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
PIMCO Australia is looking to launch a number of new products to the local market including the possibility of distributing products from its newly opened global equities business and also developing an Australian bond exchange traded fund (ETF). Peter ...

AXA launches iPhone apps for women

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company has launched two new women-centric financial applications for Apple's iPhone and iTouch. The free apps, available for download from iTunes, provide women consumers on-the-go access to financial calculators to help ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket is set to open flat with Wall Street closing slightly lower on weak economic data. At 0841 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was steady at 4,703 points. In economic news on Wednesday ...