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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... Composite sank 79.86 (2.82 per cent) to 2,747.48. LONDON - European stock markets slumped again and the euro hit a 23-month low versus the US dollar on poor US jobs data following weak economic news from China and the eurozone, traders say. Early losses ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... 10-year bond yields passed 6% overnight and the government sold only sold a,-5.73 billion five and ten-year paper at auction versus a target of 6.25 billion. Sentiment has turned sour on Wall Street too. All because the National Association of Realtors ...

VIX says nearly shopping time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... that'll cause the least pain for everyone involved - at least, as I see it. But underlying this is the question of austerity versus growth. We won't be having this discussion if Greece and other highly indebted Euro members aren't choking on austerity. ...

Stay or stay away this May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... Stock Trader's Almanac, "Since 1950, the S&P 500 has risen an average of 1.1 per cent in the six months from May to October versus a gain of 7 per cent from November to April". Could May 2012 prove to be different?

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... Macquarie Group its full year results. Meanwhile, the Federal Court is due to release its appeal judgment in the Optus versus the NRL and AFL case. In Australia, the market on Thursday gave up earlier gains to finish slightly higher following a positive ...

Instos should challenge commodity exposure: FQ

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... are virtually non-existent, the research found. "What you do find is a great deal of AUD/USD exposure, or Aussie dollar versus almost any foreign currency," said Dori Levanoni, First Quadrant's co-director of global macro. Darnell points to Canada as ...

ECT assessments spike on government cap decision

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... Dunn, managing director of the SMSF Academy. "Because of that differential between when the employer was obliged to report versus when the fund accepted and reported contributions - that is absolutely the reason we saw the spike of nearly 300%," Dunn ...

Details still needed on opt-in: ANZ Wealth

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... professional association in the first place, in so far as who meets the requirements. "Putting the obvious issues like FPA versus the AFA to one side for a moment, having a professional code of conduct in a profession is intuitively a good thing, so ...

Smart beta gains popularity with instos

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... reduce risk and bolster returns. In essence the debate between traditional index based solutions within core portfolios versus active management is now out of date with greater diversification of strategies not simply the preserve of active management," ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... reflected the continuing challenging retail environment, there had been an improvement in the second quarter of fiscal 2012 versus the first quarter of the year. Mr Heffernan said the result exceeded market expectations. At 1039 AEDT, the company's shares ...