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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... Wednesday following its stellar production report, BHP fell 28 cents to $38.70 in early trade. Other resource stocks also lost ground as Rio Tinto dipped 15 cents to $64.38 while Fortescue lost 7.5 cents to $4.545. Gold miner Newcrest dropped 48 cents ...

ASIC puts hold Custom Wealth's AFSL

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
Brisbane-based Custom Wealth Solutions has also lost its Australian financial services (AFS) licence for three months. ASIC suspended the group's licence after it entered into receivership on June 11, 2014. The regulator has also permanently banned ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... international probe into the disaster. Meanwhile, the death toll continued to rise in Gaza, where Israel has undertaken a ground assault against Hamas. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have fallen for a third day, weighed down by concerns the US ...

Down one day, dip buying the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... before dropping big time on the 17th - the day civilian aircraft Malaysian MH17 was shot down over Ukraine and Israel sent ground troops and tanks into Gaza. The S&P 500 closed 1.2% down. The international community was still coming to terms with this ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... normal to see this sort of reaction.... gold stocks going higher, mining stocks pulling back and most other sectors lose ground in this sort of environment." Gold miners Newcrest, Northern Star and Kingsrose Mining all recorded strong gains, with Kingsrose ...

Life's a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... prompts NATO to sanction a military intervention in the Ukraine. But Israel waits not for NATO. It has reportedly sent ground troops and tanks into Gaza. It didn't faze financial markets over the past few days when Netanyahu was bombing Palestine- Hamas ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... index lost 0.53 per cent to close at 6,710.45 points while Frankfurt's DAX 30 dipped 0.65 per cent to 9,719.41. Shares lost ground after Fed Chair Janet Yellen told Congress the improving US labour market meant the central bank could raise rates earlier ...

Deal with government brings in consumer protection: Palmer

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
The Coalition's deal with the Palmer United Party (PUP) to retain the amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation will provide a guarantee of consumer protection, MP Clive Palmer has said. Speaking to journalists in Canberra, Palmer ...

S&P denied appeal over landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
Ratings agency S&P has been denied leave to appeal a Federal Court ruling in favour of 91 council, charities and church groups which lost at least $180 million when AAA-rated investments went sour in the wake of the global financial crisis. The judgement ...

S&P 500: 22 corrections in 6 months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
A correction is looming... and soon! Right on schedule Virginia, we're again hearing calls for a dip, a fall, a stumble, a correction on Wall Street straight after both the S&P 500's and the Dow's climb to fresh record highs last week, yet again. How ...