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S&P 500: 22 corrections in 6 months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... slow economic growth (and therefore, tepid earnings growth), geo-politics - Iraq, Russia, Ukraine, Syria - and its effect on oil prices, the Fed is "behind the curve"... name it and you'll find it... a rationale for why the market is about to pop sometime ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... - The S&P 500 has edged to a new record as investors weighed solid economic data with ongoing violence in Iraq that pushed oil prices to a new nine-month high. The broad-based S&P 500 rose 2.50 points (0.13 per cent) to 1,959.48, its second consecutive ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... KONG - Asian markets were mixed, following a tepid lead from Wall Street ahead of a US Federal Reserve policy meeting, while oil edged down a touch from nine-month highs as traders nervously watch the crisis in Iraq. Tokyo closed 0.29 per cent, or 42.68 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... situation in Iraq," he said. "There are fears of renewed conflict in the Middle East and how this will continue to drive up oil prices and impact on global growth." He said mining stocks have also been hit by further declines in the iron ore price. The ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... - US stocks finished higher as investors weighed the implications of escalating sectarian violence in Iraq that has lifted oil prices to nine-month highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 41.55 points (0.25 per cent) to 16,775.74. The broad-based ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... headlines, reports and blogs and tweets on why oh why Wall Street stumbled big time (well, relatively) overnight. It slipped on oil. Tweet, tweet. It's because Gulf War III, here we come... maybe. You, I and Irene know so very well what happens to the ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... set for further falls after another negative session on Wall Street, caused by escalating violence in Iraq that pushed US oil prices to nine month highs. At 0700 AEST on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was 30 points lower at 5,401. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... rate cut by the European Central Bank. Mining and energy stocks were the main movers, due to a rise in iron ore prices and Oil Search's increased full year production guidance. But even those moves were muted, ahead of a highly anticipated ECB meeting ...

Hunter Hall divests from fossil fuels

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... animal husbandry. The screen applies to sectors that are classed under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) as 'Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels'. They include integrated oil and gas companies, covering the exploration, production, refinement ...

AMP carbon screening leads to just two divestments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... those 56 companies, both of which are Chinese. The new guidelines are targeted at companies with a more than 20% exposure to oil sands, brown coal-burning power stations, thermal coal mining and conversion of coal to liquid fuel. It excludes coal companies ...