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Yen sunk but not for long

BENJAMIN ONG IS FINANCIAL STANDARD'S DAILY COLUMNIST ON THE ECONOMY  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer on Friday as the Dow Jones industrial average closed higher in mixed trading on Wall Street. At 0712 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 24 points higher ...

NZ Super to look for green mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... by 50 per cent, buoyed by a portfolio that is heavily biased towards international equities - and arguably by keeping a close eye on ESG. The fund returned 15.45 per cent over the 2009/2010 financial year, after fees but before tax. Australian super ...

Market Wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... Australian share market is expected to open firmer on Thursday as Wall Street rebounded after an early dip on Wednesday to close higher as investors tried to keep a September rally alive. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share ...

Fortune cookie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
Move on people, there wasn't a lot of shaking that went on in Wall Street last night. The US equity market closed almost as flat as pancake after the US Commerce Department released the latest update on retail sales that - once again - could be interpreted ...

Westpac online investors get global access

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... launch of three new products, available online this month, namely the Managed Funds Supermarket, International Shares across close to 30 countries and U.S. exchange traded options. Meanwhile, the international shares will be available across most major ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
Three cheers for September! Hip, hip! Where's the September curse everybody and his dog were warning about at the onset of the seventh moon of the year? Thirteen days into this "most awful month" for stocks and so far Wall Street has advanced in eight ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on Tuesday as Wall Street extended its rally on company acquisitions and stronger than expected economic data from China. At 0758 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

Mistaken identity on term deposits

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Financial planners need greater education on term deposits according to research - but the chair of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) questions some of the research assumptions and said planners are already 'well trained' in the correct use of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on Monday in the wake of gains on United States markets and strong Chinese economic data released over the weekend. On Friday, Wall Street lifted as a better-than-expected wholesale inventory report ...