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Riccardian equivalence redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
US President Barack Obama is bringing David Riccardo back from the dead. When the US unveiled its first bailout acronym - TARP -- for the financial sector TARP - last year, I wrote about a theory taught us budding economists called the 'Riccardian equivalence.' ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... Infrastructure Ltd and Dexion Ltd. On Monday, a late recovery failed to stop the Australian share market from closing in the red following weakness among the big miners. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 51.2 points, or 1.5 per cent, lower at 3,351.2 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... Australian stock market was lower at noon with the resources sector taking the biggest falls as most sectors fell into the red. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 84.3 points lower, or 2.48 per cent, at 3,318.1 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... Sky City Entertainment Group Ltd. Thinksmart Ltd releases annual results. The Australian stock market closed firmly in the red on Friday on profit taking following a negative lead from United States markets. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 46.5 ...

Thumbs down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Fizzler. This is the equity market's verdict on US President Barack Obama's latest salvo on preserving the 'American Dream'. If the Dow's overnight fall to a six-year low is anything to go by, yesterday's unveiling of the US$275 billion Homeowner Affordability ...

Govt move aids planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
The government's decision to temporarily suspend the minimum draw down requirement for account-based pensions allows planners the ability to keep their client's money invested in the market. Yesterday, minister for superannuation and corporate law ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market was deeply in the red at midday, following negative leads from overseas overnight, but local gold stocks were higher. At 1204 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 82 points, or 2.37 per cent, at 3,382.3, while the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... Banking Corporation will release its December quarter trading update. On Tuesday, the Australian share market finished in the red, dragged down by weaker bank and insurance stocks amid a raft of mixed corporate earnings results. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Advisers caught for market manipulation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
Two former client advisers have been found guilty of market manipulation following ASIC investigations. According to a statement by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Rocco Musumeci and Richard John Wade were yesterday handed custodial ...

Invest in shares or migrate: Ruthven

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
Planners should start investing in Australian equities while the ASX200 is at a "ridiculous" 3,400 level or miss out on a rare opportunity to add value to their client portfolios, said Phil Ruthven, IBISWorld executive chair. Ruthven said the local ...