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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... volumes were light due to US markets being closed tonight due to a public holiday. He said looming prospect of a US strike on Syria was also weighing on sentiment while local traders were waiting on a string of data releases this week, including Australian ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... index. In Australia, the market on Friday ended higher as investor caution prompted by possible military action against Syria eased. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 42.6 points, or 0.84 per cent, to 5,135 points. The broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... Australian market looks set to open lower despite gains on Wall Street which rose as fears of an imminent strike against Syria receded. An upgrade to US second-quarter economic growth, also helped US markets. It came in at an annual rate of 2.5 per cent ...

One-third of US federal workers could retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
Recovering pension account balances in the US is triggering a rush of US federal employees to retire, with as many as one-third of some agencies expected to leave their jobs. Helping to restore confidence in their pension funds is that the US pension ...

Delay of execution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
I thought this would happen, but not to happen so soon. Yes Virginia, Wall Street's reaction to the looming war with Syria is playing out according to the script of the 1991 Iraq War and its 2003 sequel. There's the sell orders that comes with the anxiety ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... to open flat after Wall Street made modest gains but European bourses fell amid nervousness over possible action against Syria. At 0800 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up one point at 5,069. In economic news on ...

Prepare for take-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... Drops Most in 9 Weeks..." (Reuters).A "S&P 500 Drops Most in 9 Weeks..." (Bloomberg). This because Uncle Sam's going to Syria to whip Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's behind.A Whip it!A Whip it good, I say.A Send the monster to meet his maker.A Nah ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... market looks set to open lower following a plunge on Wall Street as the US investors eye possible military intervention in Syria. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down 55 points at 5,068. In economic news ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
The Australian share market has opened lower after the United States' condemnation of chemical weapon attacks in Syria triggered sharp falls on Wall Street. After opening on Tuesday, the All Ordinaries were down 24.8 points, or 0.48 per cent, at 5,102.3. ...

Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... run out of emerging markets have just been compounded by the increasing likelihood of a US (and its Coalition) war with Syria (and Russia) following comments by US President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry.A You, I and Irene know what war is ...