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Fear is the poison apple

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... Socionomic Perspective notes that financial values are often not derived from reasoning but from herding behaviour. Should a spark of fear ignite, a wave of investor panic would sweep through the sector. Victory favours the patient and prudent, and investors ...

Councils take action on CDOs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... ugly heads as embattled councils attempt to recoup their losses from sub-prime backed CDO investments, but the crisis could spark a government rethink on how councils should invest their funds. Hugh McLernon, executive director of IMF Australia told ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower on a negative lead from Wall Street. This morning on the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0650 AEDT, the March share price index contract was down 74 points at 5,592 on a volume of 1,083 contracts. Today ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
The Australian market is expected to open slightly higher this morning, on a generally positive lead from Wall Street and a mixed performance from base metals in London overnight. At 0703 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on a positive lead from Wall St and higher commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was up 76 points at 5,619. The Australian share market jumped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open significantly higher today despite a negative lead on Wall St after the local market yesterday posted its biggest single day fall in over 10 years. Most major European markets rebounded overnight and losses ...

PI increase sparks debate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
CHOICE, the independent body representing consumers has thrown its support behind ASIC's proposed changes to professional indemnity (PI) insurance required by financial planners and other AFS licensees. Only this week, the Financial Industry Complaints ...

Sub-prime's house of cards

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
Like a house of cards near an open window, many things tumbled overnight - US shares, the ASX/S&P 200, Asian stocks, the FTSE, US bond yields, gold, base metals, the Aussie dollar and, on the upside, oil prices also dropped. Asian markets tumbled after ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to begin today's trade lower, with Wall Street down in afternoon trade and metal prices also down overnight. At 0819 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was down 138 points to 6549. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
The Australian market is expected to open to sharp losses, weighed down by weak base metal prices and a poor result on Wall Street. At 0805 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was down 134 points to 6710 on a volume of ...