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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
The Australian market is expected to open higher after gains on Wall Street overnight. Stocks on major US indices enjoyed early gains before they were trimmed back by news that there had been no major progress by politicians toward a compromise on the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... LONDON - European stock markets advanced and the euro was stronger against the dollar on Friday as dealers welcomed a surprise rebound in German business confidence while they watched another EU impasse unfold in Brussels. The benchmark FTSE 100 index ...

Same old blues but some upside in 2013: Russell and Threadneedle

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
Russell and Threadneedle agree that while equities will provide modest returns in 2013, they see little evidence that market volatility will abate. In their respective market outlooks for November, both global investment houses pointed to improvements ...

Fed money on the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... there was one other thing that caught my eye when I was surfing the cyber-universe this morning. Speculation that Greece, surprise of surprises, would be granted the next tranche of its aid? No, not that, it hasn't come yet. But, the euro penny would ...

Chinese equities poised for reform: BlackRock

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
Immediate changes in the Chinese equities market after the country's once-in-a-decade leadership transition are unlikely, said BlackRock. China's new leaders are the first ones not appointed by the old revolutionary cadre, and many think this spells ...

You did this! No, you did!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... recession coming there this year, perhaps even the next? You didn't do your homework, go sit in the naughty corner! The surprise in the eurozone is that its economy only receded by 0.1% in the third quarter (as expected) - less than the 0.2% contraction ...

Federal election to compound market uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... blame for price rises away from the carbon tax and onto the states. "Political risk has a habit of catching investors by surprise", he said. "However, a number of trends can be identified and events monitored by investors who understand that politics ...

Successful Telstra bond issue to open flood gates for big banks

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
The success of Telstra's $750 million bond issue could pave the way for further issues from Australia's largest companies, according to Lincoln Indictors' Elio D'Amato. The five-year coupons, the first from the company since 2005, were sold to the market ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... Greece would fail to pass more austerity measures, with accompanying violent protests on the streets of Athens and then surprise, surprise... measures passed. And in Spain, one week didn't make it do what financial markets want. It's still not officially ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... $24.41 as the stock started trading without a dividend. Lonsec private client adviser Michael Heffernan said it was no surprise the local market had fallen. "It's a monty that when overseas markets are down by two per cent we are going to be down no ...