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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... keeping the market back a bit." BHP Billiton opened 42 cents down at $32.33 and Rio Tinto dropped $1.07 to $52.89. The four major banks were also lower. ANZ fell six cents to $24.49, Commonwealth Bank was seven cents lower at $55.24, National Australia ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
What's wrong with this market? With so much liquidity being pumped into the system by three of the world's major central banks - the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan - markets appear unconvinced. Wall Street was down ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... stimulus pulled the rug from under US stock markets, sending them lower after strong early gains. The Nasdaq tumbled as major tech stocks sank, with Apple falling 2.5 per cent, Oracle 2.8 per cent, Facebook 2.4 per cent and eBay 2.6 per cent. The Dow ...

Abbott government to index military pensions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
In a major speech on military policy to the Returned Services League national conference this morning, opposition leader Tony Abbott vowed to index military retirement pensions if elected next year. "An incoming coalition government would finally offer ...

Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... can't get passed Canada-based financial institution CIBC's view that "the Australian dollar remains the most overvalued major currency..." CIBC released this statement only a month and three days ago when the A$ was fetching US$1.0505. Currently, you ...

Market Wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... investors to grab on to. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 4,410. No major economic or equities news is expected on Monday. In Australia, the market on Friday closed firmer, with gains underpinned ...

AUI appoints fourth investment specialist

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... Hoare joins AUI from Frontier Advisors where she was responsible for providing investment advice to some of Australia's major superannuation and other investment fund clients. "Hoare's significant experience in manager research and investment consulting ...

Family businesses provide engine for recovery

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
Family businesses' long-term focus and emphasis on product quality has enabled significant out-performance of the market and placed them in good stead to act as drivers for economic recovery, according to Credit Suisse research. A recent survey of 280 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... in full year profit to $43.3 million. Washington H Soul Pattinson (WHSP), which owns 44.5 per cent of Brickworks plus a major stake on coal miner New Hope, posted a 60 per cent fall in full year net profit to $143 million. Brickworks shares were down ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... points at 4,410. The local market on Wednesday finished at its highest level since the start of May, driven up by news of a major Japanese economic stimulus program. At the close of trade on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 23.7 points ...