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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... to 3,116.82. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average fell 2.82 per cent after investors, rattled by falls in overseas markets and worry about the global economy, moved to unload riskier assets. The benchmark Nikkei lost 276.66 points to 9,549.61. HONG KONG - ...

Future lies in present

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
Have we? Haven't we? Left bottom that is. Or is the taxpayer's impatience to get their money back and authorities' over zealousness to erect new 'thou shall not' signs to police financial institutions taking us back to that dark place we left back in ...

HK investors wary of local market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... Pan. "As well as the global economy, the Hong Kong economy is also facing problems with rising unemployment the biggest worry. All of this makes investors extremely cautious about their investments." The survey, on which the index is derived, also found ...

GS trounces GM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
'Don't stop me now, I'm having such a good time...' Forgive me but this song from the 1970's English rock band Queen keeps playing in my head. You would be humming the song too if you woke up to Wall Street's 2.6 per cent jump overnight - the day General ...

Bull market on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... significant here is that the three-day fall has not continued to become three weeks or three months or three years. Then we worry. Just look at the Australian equity market's performance yesterday. The S&P/ASX 200 index shed almost 3.5 per cent as the ...

Danger, Will Robinson!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... responsibility. It was over-indebtedness that contributed to this global financial problem in the first place after all. But I worry about the timing of the implementation. He will continue to give to the poor and the unemployed now and take from the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after US stocks slumped on concerns about the level of bad loans held by banks following Bank of America's earnings report. Gold miners may gain after the precious metal advanced on Monday while ...

Risk of indigestion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... the market and economic indicators even before consensus picked it up and ran with it, you ask? Well...yes...but. But I worry that the shift in equity market confidence had been so great over the past six weeks to the point where it now looks like greed ...

Excess choice boosts advice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
Scared of losing your financial planning job? Don't worry as too much investment choice leave investors befuddled, in turn driving the need for more good advisers. Barry Wyatt, national manager business development, AXA Australia, and speaker at the ...

Cameron hires former AMP head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... demonstrate the importance of independent advice. When you are worried about the market, you definitely don't want to have to worry about the motives of your adviser. Experience, accountability and integrity are therefore key to restoring confidence ...