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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... Industrial Average on Friday rose 10.37 (0.07 per cent) to 14,547.51. The index rallied after spending much of the day in the red. The broad-based S&P 500 jumped 13.64 (0.88 per cent) to 1,555.25, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index added 39.69 ...

A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... policy and good news is well...good news. You could have joined the army reserves the past two weeks, or volunteered for the Red Cross or slept all week and you'll still find that the S&P 500 0.8% in the plus (up 2.9% in the week ended 12 April minus ...

May's not far away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
It's getting close. It's less than two weeks away. Then we're in May -- that month of the year when the old Wall Street adage tells investors everywhere to sell and go away. And right on cue, the financial news are getting gloomier. We've already touched ...

Advice practice profitability drops by 50%: survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
Profitability of advice practices has fallen from 28.5% in 2010 to 14.8% in 2012, according to a HealthCheck report. The report gathers the information from over 300 Australian advisory practices to diagnose their health. The main causes for the drop ...

Global cooling on carbon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
If you think gold's recent swan dive was unnerving, spare a thought for those who bought carbon credits - that's where the climate change has really happened. Gold has recouped some of its losses over the past two trading sessions, but it remains 26.9% ...

Collapse does not signal end of gold party

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
The recent fall in the price of gold is only temporary and does not signal the end of the bull rally, according to ETF Securities country head Danny Laidler. The price of gold fell to a two-year low on Monday following the biggest single day percentage ...

Pengana AEq fund reaches $227m FUM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
The Pengana Australian Equities Fund reached $227 million in Funds Under Management (FUM) on the March quarter and achieved a return of 9.9%, net of all fees and charges. The returns beat the ASX200, which generated 8% and the RBA Cash Rate, which returned ...

Use super to help pay health costs: CEDA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
Superannuation contributions should be used to help pay spiralling health care costs, the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) said in a recent report. The CEDA report, Healthcare: Reform or Ration, said in the five decades between ...

No problemo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
Thanks to all you panic-sellers out there, for without you guys there won't be any dips to buy. And so it goes, Virginia. A momentary bout of selling once more met with dip-buyers. The S&P 500's recoup some of its 2.3% loss the previous day, up 1.4% ...

Boston Bombs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
It started with the gold rush...to the exits, then China growth disappointment - which turned the sell gold (and other commodities) marathon into a sprint - and now this, America's attacked once more. I woke up to the news that two bombs had exploded ...