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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following solid gains on Wall Street as a strong housing report helped equities regain ground. At 0810 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 23 points at 5,402. Locally ...

Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
Have dip... will buy. That's last week's story on Wall Street - the big dip on Thursday followed by a rebound the next day - and only because I got tired (as you too probably have) of hearing of what's developing to be Wall Street's 2014 anthem - Chumbawamba's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following solid gains on Wall Street as a strong housing report helped equities regain ground. At 0810 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 23 points at 5,402. Locally ...

The ECB can't make the horse drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
Just a few percentage points are all it took for the Australian equity market to get into what the financial presses call the "Beijing bounce". Two percentage points above the previous month and five percentage points more than consensus expectations ...

RBA to business: release the animal in you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
"What do you know about medicine?" This was what the doctor I consulted asked me when I asked for a stronger dose of antibiotics to rid me of the bacterial bugs that have invaded my body a few months back. Well doc, I may not know about medicine as ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower, after there were falls in commodity prices overnight. At 0655 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down seven points at 5,576. Benchmark crude oil on Tuesday night fell ...

RBA leaves interest rates on hold

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
The Reserve Bank has again kept the cash rate unchanged, and is likely to do so for some time yet. The cash rate has now been at a record low of 2.5 per cent for 12 months. In a statement accompanying the RBA's August rate decision, governor Glenn Stevens ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell as geopolitical worries weigh on sentiment. At 0811 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,496. Geopolitical concerns, with the ...

Governor Glenn lets his jaw drop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens was in Tasmania letting it all rip at the same time that most of us were co-celebrating Dow 17K with our American brethrens on 'Independence Day' eve. On 3 July, Governor Glenn spoke before 'The ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after both the Dow Jones and the S& P 500 reached record highs for the second session in a row, buoyed by good jobs figures. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was ...