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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite strong gains on Wall Street after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen was dovish about the US economy's recovery. At 0855 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up four points ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell with a sell-off in technology companies outweighing encouraging economic news. At 0807 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,341. Data ...

Australian investors optimistic of hitting financial goals

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... changes to their investment strategy in 2014. Approximately two-thirds of Australian investors believe that the local stock market will continue to do well in 2014, and offer the best equity returns over the next 10 years. A third of Australian investors ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following Wall Street and European markets which rebounded on regional economic data and European Central Bank talk that looser monetary policy could be in the offing. At 0810 AEDT on Wednesday, the June ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... Ordinaries index was down 28.8 points, or 0.53 per cent, at 5,400.5 points. NEW YORK - For much of Wednesday, the US stock market appeared to be headed for its third decline in three days. By late afternoon, the market began to slowly pare its losses ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... "The extent of market concerns over China's economy and falling commodity prices looms as the dominant theme for the stock market today," CMC Markets chief analyst Ric Spooner said. "At the same time, investors remain alert to the potential for mounting ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following in Wall Street's downward lead after a report showing a drop in small business sentiment and disappointing sales data. At 0812 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was ...

Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... or not its quantitative easing programme worked or not. Maybe not well enough on the economy, but too well on the stock market. This is where I ask, request, beg our IT people to pretty please make this system be able to show charts.A Please... A picture ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a mainly positive lead from Wall Street as investors weighed improved unemployment claims data ahead of a key monthly jobs report. At 0820 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Gina gets richer but falls down list

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has tumbled 10 places on a list of the world's wealthiest, despite getting richer. Rinehart's wealth is estimated to have increased in the past year by $786.65 million to $19.89 billion, but she fell from a ranking of 36 ...