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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
Australian stocks have opened slightly higher after mixed leads from offshore bourses kept investors wary ahead of the start of the local earnings season. Wall Street ended lower after US gross domestic product (GDP) data missed expectations - despite ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... open slightly higher. At 0632 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up five points at 4255. No major economic news is expected on Monday. In equities news, Roc Oil, Linc Energy, Regis Resources, Perseus Mining, Gryphon Minerals ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... at 1203 AEDT, global miner BHP Billiton was 50 cents higher at $37.92, and Rio Tinto had added $1.49 to $69.84. Among the major banks, Westpac was up 24 cents at $21.54, Commonwealth Bank advanced 64 cents to $51.64, ANZ lifted 26 cents to $21.68 and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
Australian shares climb after market-beating results from Apple helped bourses shrug off growing concerns that Greece may default on its debt. European and Wall Street fell overnight after eurozone officials rejected a final offer from the Greece's ...

Australian economic fundamentals solid: Swan

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... predicting it would fall below 7.7% of GDP in 2014-15. "This is less than a tenth of the average net debt position of the major advanced economies, which is expected to reach 92.9 per cent of GDP in 2016," he said. "The Government's record of fiscal ...

PJC concedes FOFA amendment may be warranted

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
Insurance advice issued inside and outside superannuation needs to be treated the same, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services heard today. While the majority of super funds provide general advice, where individuals ...

SMSFs shift focus to property

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
SMSF trustees are slowly embracing property investments for fund investment strategies after the passing of limited recourse borrowing rules, although cash still holds allocation majority. According to information released in the latest Multiport SMSF ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... relative calm surrounding the Euro debt debacle; better-than-expected eco stats, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera - there's another major factor that's also giving investor cause for optimism. And this is valuation. At this point, I'd like to thank David ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... set to open higher. At 0800 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 16 points at 4,208. No major economic news is expected on Tuesday. In equities news, Newcrest Mining and Aquarius Platinum give second quarter reports, GUD ...

PJC hears FOFA lost in translation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... Financial Services currently underway at NSW Parliament House in Sydney. Drawing a comparison with recent price wars between the major supermarket players, Richard Klipin, chief executive officer for the Association of Financial Advisers called for a ...