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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat with Wall Street little changed as investors digest a series of economic data ahead of Friday's big US jobs report for March. At 0805 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down six ...

FBI launches probe into high speed traders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and securities regulators have opened up an examination into whether high frequency trading (HFT) firms are involved in insider trading. According to reports, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher after markets in the United States continued their rise overnight. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the local market's opening trade was looking pretty good after encouraging US jobs and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street gained following solid manufacturing data from China. At 0830 AEDT on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,410. China said its official purchasing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
The share market has opened lower with a weak start for the big four banks, despite a positive lead with solid gains on Wall Street overnight. Morgans private client adviser Alistair McCorquodale said the market may have been distorted by the transition ...

Considerable time to eliminate considerable slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
A change of noun is all it took. Yes Virginia, by just changing the noun that followed the word "considerable", Fed Chair Janet Yellen put the smile back on many a-Wall Streeter's faces. Less than two weeks ago, Janet explained the considerable "time" ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite strong gains on Wall Street after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen was dovish about the US economy's recovery. At 0855 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up four points ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following Wall Street gains on better-than-expected US consumer incomes and spending data and as investors shrug off sabre-rattling over Ukraine. At 0645 AEDT on Monday, the June share price index futures ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
Local shares are trading flat as investors weigh stronger commodity prices against falls across global markets. Wall Street and European markets dropped overnight, while Asian markets have also started Friday lower, following mixed economic data from ...

Bubbling bubble?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
With one more trading day left to go, seems like Q1 would end... nowhere. There were some fresh data out of the US overnight but they provided nada direction for Wall Street. The third estimate of US real GDP growth was revised higher from an annual ...