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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... benchmark US crude oil contract rose 93 US cents to a nine-month high of $US103.24 a barrel in New York on Friday night (US time), supported by positive US economic data and news from Greece. Making news, Australia's largest steelmaker BlueScope Steel ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... brought about by Europe's ongoing debt crisis. In the US, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 123 points on Thursday (US time) to 12,904 - its third triple-digit gain this year and highest close since May 2008. Australian shares followed the positive ...

Advisers need to work on social media presence

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
Advisers should look closely at their objectives before determining which social media channels to use and how. This is the message from the most recent address by president of i-Impact Group and US social media expert, Claudio Pannunzio. "The core ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... price index futures contract was up 16 points at 4,267, with 13,633 contracts traded. The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday (US time) pledged to keep interest rates low until at least 2014 to nurture the country's stubbornly slow economic recovery. City ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... investors awaited further direction from the US Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee two-day meeting, beginning on Tuesday (US time). Materials were hardest hit, falling 1.4 per cent. Mining giant BHP Billiton dropped 59 cents or 1.6 per cent to $37.01 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... volumes were below average as investors awaited firmer direction from US President Barack Obama's speech on Thursday (US time), which is expected to propose $US300 billion ($A286 billion) in federal spending and tax cuts to get Americans working again. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... unsure which way the market would turn ahead Dr Bernanke's speech at a meeting of the world's central banks on Friday (US time). There's speculation he will offer hints as to how the Fed may act to stimulate the ailing US economy. "The market's quite ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke would announce a stimulus package at a global meeting of central bankers on Friday (US time), with large movements in companies released morning announements. "It is just a testament to how much risk there is in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... 105.34 cents. Fed chairman Ben Bernanke will give a speech to a central bank symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday (US time). At last year's Jackson Hole meeting, Mr Bernanke announced the second round of economic stimulus by the Fed. The policy ...

Judgment Day bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... the real prophet of doom - stood a better chance predicting a stock market crash this week than "Judgement Day" at 6PM (US time) on 21 May 2011. But you would have done well by your investments if you believed in Mr. Camping's forecast "Rapture" for ...