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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
Australian stocks are slightly lower as concern about the political deadlock in the US continues to weigh on investors. Stock markets across the world have been in decline for most of the past couple of weeks due to the standoff between Republicans ...

Counting up and counting down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... reaction has been largely benign - the S&P 500 index's down a mere 0.1% for all of last week, aided by comments by (Republican) House Speaker John Boehner (Republican) that he would not allow the US to default on its debt on the last day of trading last ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... equities analyst Benny Sada said. "There is some hope that this is not the end of the talks," he said. "Within the Republican Party there is a growing division among members of the party who are actually wanting some deal done and other members who are ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street with traders nervous amid relentless partisan squabbling over a US budget bill to avert a partial US government shutdown. At 0759 AEST on Monday, the September share price ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
The Australian stock market has hit a fresh five-year high, following Wall Street's positive overnight lead. The market is around a third of a per cent higher which, following gains in the past two days, has pushed it to its highest level since mid-2008. ...

December taper, pants on fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... stocks had opened solidly higher after markets were closed on Monday for a holiday, but stocks cooled considerably after Republican House Speaker John Boehner at mid-session backed President Barack Obama's call for military action against Syria. LONDON ...

September morn' or September mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... Labor Day?" Tonight we're going back to the future.A Going back to that fateful day on the 22nd of May -- when Texas Republican and head of the Joint Economics Committee Kevin Brady posed this question upon US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke - ...

Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
"Problems, problems, problems all day long Will my problems work out right or wrong..." -Everly Brothers Ahhh, the 'ber' months...they're almost here.A And true to form problems in the investment landscape are multiplying.A Statistics show that September ...

Clear as crystal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... and we are confident it is going to be sustained, then in the next few meetings we could look to do that" to Texas Republican and head of the Joint Economics Committee Kevin Brady's question if the Fed is "going to tighten by Labor Day?" This was the ...