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Fedcident waiting to happen?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... Nasdaq is up 15.8% and the Russell 2000 11.2% higher if we go back a bit further to the day when Yellen yelled that smaller biotech and social media stocks valuation were "stretched." And "compared to returns on safe assets like bonds"? The yield on ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... he added. Large tech stocks to gain included Apple (+0.5 per cent), Amazon (+2.7 per cent) and Google (+1.4 per cent). Biotech stocks, such as Celgene (+4.2 per cent) and Biogen (+2.7 per cent), were also strong. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... respectively, while offshore driller Transocean lost 2.0 per cent. Pharmaceuticals were also weak. Merck lost 1.8 per cent, while biotech companies Amgen and Biogen both fell 1.2 per cent. In the tech sector, Intel lost 1.7 per cent and Apple and Cisco ...

RBA minutes lift stock market

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... following the sudden departure of Ian Smith. Prima BioMed surged 1.2 cents, or 54.55 per cent, to 3.4 cents after the biotech announced strong results for its ovarian cancer treatment.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher, following strong gains on Wall Street. At 0653 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 39 points at 5,726. The S&P 500 in the US rose to a fresh record close, led by strong ...

Tech stock tech stock (tick tock tick tock)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... NEW YORK - US stocks have fallen sharply, with the Nasdaq suffering the deepest declines on worries that technology and biotech equities have become overvalued. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index, which stood above 5,000 on Monday, plummeted 118.21 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... property price data. In equities news, law firm Slater and Gordon are expected to release their half year results, along with biotech firm Cochlear. In Australia, the market's stellar run came to an end on Monday as a sharp drop in Chinese imports caused ...

Reasons to cheer amid gloomy predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
Low inflation, low returns and high volatility are set to be the new normal in 2015. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirmed the trend when it downgraded its growth forecast for the global economy from 3.8% for 2015 in October to a lower 3.5% ...

Santa's bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
"Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, Right down Santa Claus lane..." "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus." (The New York Sun, 21 Sep 1897). It's hard to believe too given the depressing headlines about oil's slide (and more to follow) ...