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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
Australian stocks have fallen to a two month low as escalating tension in Iraq caused heavy falls on Wall Street. Another sharp drop in the iron ore price has also sparked heavy falls in Australian miners. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said he thought ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... were mixed: BHP Billiton was one cent lower at $36.19 and Rio Tinto was up eight cents to $59.73, and Fortescue Metals had fallen seven cents to $4.58. Investors are waiting for Friday night's US job figures and Chinese trade figures, due at the week ...

Waiting for the ECB to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... extend long-term loans to financial institutions or... all of the above. But in case you didn't notice, the euro has only fallen by a mere 0.3% versus the greenback to 1.3627 last night from 1.3672 at the star of the year - the time when the Fed started ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... was the lowest since the worst months of the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009. Inflation in the 18-member eurozone has fallen steadily in the past year, reflecting weak demand, and stoking hopes of a rate cut on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... the US lead but it certainly has supported us to some extent," he said. On the local sharemarket, the major miners had fallen slightly while the major banks were mixed. Rio Tinto had dropped 23 cents to $59.84, BHP Billiton had fallen nine cents to $37.40 ...

So bad it's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... that points to US labour market improvement. Wait there's more! The more stable four-week moving average of claims has fallen to 311,500 - a fresh low in the current recovery. This is perhaps why, in spite of the daily ups and downs and rounds and rounds ...

MySuper is bringing fees down: Rice Warner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... be too high. "Although many members are getting a good deal, it is arguable that overall fees are too high and have not fallen as far as they could have given that assets have nearly tripled in the past 10 years. However, super funds today provide a ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... businesses not proving as bad as feared, he said. Among the miners, Rio Tinto had dropped $1.08 to $60.32, BHP Billiton had fallen 47 cents to $37.52 and Fortescue Metals was 10.5 cents lower at $4.575. The major banks were relatively flat. Origin Energy ...

AMP reduces North Guarantee fees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... growth investment strategy, fees have dropped from 1.50% to 1.30%. On a balanced single retirement strategy, fees have fallen from 2.30% to 1.60%. Fees have dropped across all strategies. AMP's director, superannuation and investment platforms Patricia ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... cents higher at $38.39 while Rio Tinto had shed seven cents to $62.71. Among the major banks, National Australia Bank had fallen 11 cents to $33.49, and Westpac had lost four cents to $34.16, and ANZ was down nine cents at $33.06. But Commonwealth Bank ...