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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... over the summer, investors were still relying on news from offshore markets. "There was, certainly, a little bit of (optimism) there and you saw the spike just after the numbers came, but as it stands now we're 10, 15 points lower than when they came ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... fluctuations of recent weeks, commodity prices have continued to remain fairly steady and that does give some degree of optimism that the resources sector has still got underlying appeal... so we've seen some consistent recovery across that resources ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... gained half a US cent as hopes grew that the US central bank would launch a third round of economic stimulus. Market optimism was boosted by rising hopes the US Federal Reserve will offer new stimulus measures to kick-start the sluggish American economy. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
The Australian dollar is slightly higher as optimism grows that the Eurozone will issue its own bonds in a bid to ease sovereign debt crisis. At 0700 (AEST) on Monday, the Australian dollar was trading at 103.85 US cents, up from 103.75 cents on Friday. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... 10,097.72 as the yen's strength pared gains made on the back of a batch of upbeat earnings reports on Monday as well as optimism over other results due this week. Hong Kong rose 1.25 per cent, or 278.79 points, to 22,572.08. Shanghai gained 0.53 per ...

Advisers expect profits to climb 10pc despite FOFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
Advisers expect profits to climb by 10% in the next financial year with optimism within the industry at record high levels, despite talk of regulatory doom and gloom plaguing its future. The Macquarie Practice Consulting's 2011 Financial Planning Practices ...

Earnings, debt ceiling and debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... and spending cuts, saying it could end a congressional deadlock over raising the US borrowing limit. The news spurred optimism that lawmakers will reach an agreement that will help the nation avoid default." You want me to say it? I told you so! There ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... Portugal. HONG KONG - Asian stocks were mixed on Wednesday, with Tokyo hitting its highest close since the March 11 quake on optimism over the US outlook, but a cut in Portugal's debt rating to "junk" tempered sentiment. A tepid performance on Wall Street ...

I'm still standing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... provides a tangible reason for financial markets to behave as they've done over the past few days. And get this, the optimism has arrived even as the US Federal Reserve completed and ended QE2. Financial markets rallied despite no hints of QE3 on the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... On Thursday, the Australian share market ended the last day of the financial year on a strong note, buoyed by investor optimism after Greece passed austerity measures to help avoid a default on its debt. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index on Thursday closed ...