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Adviser banned for life

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
A financial adviser has been banned for life after using a retired faming couple's savings to fund a margin loan, ASIC said yesterday. Trevor Wayne Carll of Port Pirie, South Australia, worked for local planning business Bruce McDonald Investment Services ...

Catching its second wind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... to say, the bond market angle dropped out when the market rebounded later in overnight session. Early reports also blamed heavy selling in technology stocks -- led by Cisco's double-digit tumble - for the market's weakness. And after Nasdaq climbed to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... 12,229.29 when markets settled, while the broad-market S&P 500 index edged up 0.99 point (0.07 per cent) to 1,321.87. The tech-heavy Nasdaq added 1.38 points (0.05 per cent) to 2,790.45. Mubarak said on Thursday he would never accept "foreign diktats" ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 29.89 points at 12,092.15, while the S&P 500 rose 3.77 to 1,310.87. The tech heavy Nasdaq advanced 15.42 points to 2,769.30. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the US jobs data showed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... 500-stock index gained 1 percent after national chains reported that sales were nearly double what analysts had forecast despite heavy snowstorms in much of the nation. Costco Wholesale Corp, Limited Brands Inc, Nordstrom Inc and Gap Inc all gained more ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... cent, at $8.45. QBE Insurance Group is in a trading halt pending a statement following investor speculation over recent heavy rain and flooding, upcoming full year results and takeover activity. In other financials, the major banks were mixed at noon. ...

AustralianSuper posts solid quarter

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... average of 6.43 per cent compared to a median balanced option return of 5.05 per cent. The fund's asset allocation remained heavy on Australian shares across premixed options except for the stable option where global bonds held 29.3 per cent allocation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... Australian market is receiving generally positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street indices rebounding from heavy losses on Friday. Precious metals were mixed, but oil prices surged. On the ASX 24 at 0738 AEDT, the March share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... The Australian market is receiving mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street indices rebounding after heavy losses in Asia and Europe on China's latest economic data. On the ASX 24 at 0849 AEDT, the March share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Mid Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... or 0.36 per cent, to 11,499.25, while the broader S&P 500 index rose 7.64 points, or 0.62 per cent, at 1,242.87. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was 20.09 points, or 0.77 per cent, stronger, at 2,637.31. In the final hour of US trade, credit card companies faced ...