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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
The Australian share market was trading about 1.5 per cent lower at a five-and-a-half-year low after sharp plunge on Wall Street took US stocks to levels last seen in 1997. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 52 points, or 1.63 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower with US and European markets falling heavily on more negative economic news and uncertainty over aggressive interest rate cuts in Britain. At 0820 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI ...

Chinese medicine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
Don't you just love financial market experts? One day they tell you to sell, the next day they ask you to buy - or vice versa. Wall Street et al shook off their convulsion and sprang back to life overnight in response to reports that Chinese medicine ...

Boomers to postpone retirement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
Almost half of the baby boomer generation in the UK, France, Germany, the US and Australia expect to postpone their retirement because of the global financial crisis, according to a new study. The TNS Financial Crisis Study found 44 per cent of respondents ...

Spec Super goes public

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
Superannuation Plan for Electrical Contractors (Spec Super) has transitioned to a public offer fund, broadening its membership base in the electrical industry. Bob Henricks, Spec Super chair, said self employed electrical contractors can now plug into ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... Macquarie Media Group, AWE Ltd and Photon Group Ltd. Annual results are due from Aristocrat Leisure Ltd, Oil Search Ltd, Spark Infrastructure Ltd and Dexion Ltd. On Monday, a late recovery failed to stop the Australian share market from closing in the ...

Top and bottom super performance differ by 36pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
The global financial crisis has widened the performance gap between the best and worst performing default workplace super funds to 36 per cent, treble their historic difference, according to SelectingSuper data. The latest SelectingSuper super fund ...

Good Bank Bad Bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
Bad bank sparks optimism in US equities. Last night's decision by the US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Markets Committee to leave interest rates unchanged at virtually zero was a no-brainer. How can it do otherwise when the deepening financial and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open higher on a positive lead from the US. Gold, copper and oil were down, but silver was up on Wall St. At 0812 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 43 points higher at 3,419. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
The Australian share market was slightly higher at noon, buoyed by a modest recovery in the financials sector and following gains on Wall Street. At 1215 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was firmer by 16.7 points or 0.49 per cent at 3459.5, while ...