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Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Times like these, I really wish I had a twitter account and most importantly...know how to use it. Then I could just hashtag "what I said yesterday" and I'm done. Finito. Wall Street closed down overnight from up the night before. Like I said, markets ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
Australian stocks were marginally weaker at noon as a fall in the Australian dollar encourages investors to sell banking shares. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said offshore selling of high-yielding stocks continued as the Australian dollar ...

Tides to turn for Platinum: Neilson

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
Platinum Asset Management's (Platinum) chief executive Kerr Neilson is confident that the fund will be able to turn around a period of underperformance in its flagship International Fund, saying that the current state of the market has turned to favour ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Dive! Dive! Dive! You've heard the news - our very own currency is top of the pops no more, it's made one hell of celebrity splash over the past week as it fell below parity against the big dollar and continued to head down ...

It doesn't compute

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
You kiddin' me? Are...you...kidding...me? The financial press (or is it presses?) are full of it this morning. Wall Street's down overnight because of bad eco stats and surveys and not good expectations on QE. My, my...how many times have we heard it ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
The Australian market has opened higher due to strong overseas leads and the falling Australian dollar. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said the local market was off to a positive start after Wall Street and European market posted strong gains overnight ...

Financial markets give the budget a big yawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
"Dizzy, I'm so dizzy my head is spinning Like a whirlpool it never ends..." -Tommy Roe Done listening, watching and reading all about whys, hows, whens and wherefores of budget 2013-14? I know I am, I'm so, like, over it. It's good. No, it's bad. Nah ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street traded flat under the shadow of poor Chinese economic data and a slight gain in US monthly retail sales. At 0744 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 16 ...

Down, down, dollar down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
Down, down A$ is down. Here's looking at you, parity. Was it the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)'s 25 basis pint reduction in the official cash rate last week and RBA Governor Stevens' promise to do more "should that be necessary to support demand" ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on Wall Street as Group of Seven finance chiefs met in Britain to discuss economic challenges. At 0802 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was up nine points at 5,216. ...