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Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... pre-crisis highs overnight is valued at about 12.5 times expected earnings in the next year. The S&P index of 500 top US shares which now only 1.6 per cent below its pre-crisis high is valued at 13.6 times expected earnings. Our S&P/ASX index of 200 ...

Vanguard cuts costs on intl equities ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
Vanguard has reduced the headline cost of its All-World ex-US Shares Index Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) from 0.18% to 0.15%. According to the index fund specialist, the management expense ratio on the product has fallen by an average of 10 basis points ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ended 9.1 points, or 0.18 per cent, lower at 4,980.3 points. NEW YORK - US shares pulled back in opening trade after reaching five-year peaks in light trade on Friday. Little direction was seen in the market ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... weaker at 4,882.7, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 26.5 points, or 0.54 per cent, at 4,902.6. NEW YORK - US shares rebounded in opening trade after the previous day's sharp correction, but Dell sank 2.6 per cent after the company announced ...

Five step process for QE3

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... Investment Director at Fidelity Worldwide Investment. Step one would be an exposure to equities, "according to Credit Suisse, US shares rallied by 10-15% in the first few weeks of previous bouts of quantitative easing, but rolled over again within a ...

Dunn loses bonus shares

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
AMP chief executive officer Craig Dunn has been forced to forfeit 777,778 shares, after the company's share price fell from $6.50 in 2010, to the current price of $4.04. The 777, 778 shares - worth approximately $3.2 million - were granted in 2010 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... 4,073.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index gained 25.6 points, or 0.62 per cent, to 4,124.4 points. NEW YORK - US shares have racked up strong gains with the Nasdaq adding nearly 2.5 per cent helped by an Apple surge, but Facebook shares ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... the world." At the close, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies was up 1.78 per cent at 5,766.95 points. US shares surged, led by a huge jump from Apple as several positive earnings surprises and the IMF's improved outlook for world growth ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... bit today and consolidate these areas as the market waits for the next issue of the European debt issue." NEW YORK - US shares surged, led by a huge jump from Apple as several positive earnings surprises and the IMF's improved outlook for world growth ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... having little effect, apart from taking away some of the uncertainty leading up to it, IG Market analyst Ben Potter said. US shares pushed higher on Tuesday after Microsoft's $8.5 billion deal to buy Skype gave a strong bump to tech stocks. The Dow Jones ...