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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on US markets overnight and continued political uncertainty in Europe. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down six points at 4,155. In economic news ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on US markets overnight and political turmoil in Greece. At 0803 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 32 points at 4,241. In economic news on Wednesday ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
My, my, hey, hey, rock n' roll is here to stay - or in our case Europe's sovereign debt, fiscal deficit, financial, banking, economic, political and social crisis. You name the crisis. One or more members of the Eurozone's got one, or more, or all of ...

Fearing the unknown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
Phew! For a while there, I thought we were all toast as we sat on the front seats of another twist in the plot of the ever-evolving European tragedy. Equity markets around the world copped a thrashing - a eurothrashing - as elections in France and Greece ...

Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
US Payrolls. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Yes Virginia, the greatly speculated, the much awaited, the indicator that'll set the tone in the financial markets over the next four weeks, that mother of all eco stats -- the US Non-farm Payrolls ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following the lead of Wall Street which ended its last session down on weak jobs data. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down 51 points at 4,340. In economic news on ...

No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... Porque? Perque? Pourquoi? Waarom? How can I forget you? When there is always something there to remind me. Hollande and Holland news reminded markets last night that they've been correct all along - that Europe's far from leaving the emergency ward. ...

Ibbotson appoints new head of managed account solutions

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
Ibbotson Associates Australia has appointed Damian Holland as Head of Managed Account Solutions. Holland will be responsible for developing and managing the delivery of Ibbotson's managed account solutions, incorporating diversified and sector managed ...

Psychological asset classes run investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... told Financial Standard that the logic behind gold was similar to the infamous tulip bulb 'fever' in seventeenth century Holland. "Gold has done well, no one is disputing that. But when you talk about how investors are paid for it, it gets interesting," ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... seemed more viable- written by Yannis Varoufakis of the Department of Economics at the Univerisity of Athens and Stuart Holland of the Department of Economics at the University of Coimbra in Portugal - titled "A Modest Proposal for Overcoming the Euro ...