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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... lower at 4,725.8, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell 28.1 points, or 0.58 per cent, to 4,803.6. NEW YORK - US shares pushed higher on Tuesday after Microsoft's $8.5 billion deal to buy Skype gave a strong bump to tech stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Fund managers follow the herd

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... the majority of the 3494 benchmark stocks at or very close to market weight. The second is the Vanguard All-World Ex-US Shares Index ETF which follows the FTSE All-World Ex-US Index and holds all 2175 benchmark stocks.

RBS targets retail with ETIS launch

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... Australian dollars as opposed to paying international currencies for reference shares. "Retail investors who want to buy US shares can now avoid the difficulty of setting up and maintaining an international account and incurring the associated administrative ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... manufacturing base. The area is still recovering from last month's massive earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis. US shares in Toyota, Nissan, NTT and Sony all fell sharply before recovering somewhat. The broader market mimicked that recovery. ...

Countplus buys super law firm

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
Countplus increases its presence in Western Australia with the acquisition of Perth-based legal business SuperGeneration by its WA subsidiary McDonald Pynt Lawyers (MPL). SuperGeneration will receive 533,600 Countplus shares, priced at $1.50 each, and ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... slumps on China concerns" - new.com.au. "Stocks, Commodities Slide on China Concern; Treasuries Tumble" - Bloomberg.com. "US shares drop on China inflation worries" - Reuters via the age.com.au Yes folks, it's over cyberspace. Wall Street dropped big ...

Count posts double digit profits

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
Planning group Count Financial has reported a 24 per cent jump in net profits after tax to $24 million for the year ending 30 June, and it expects its double-digit growth to continue this financial year. In ASX statements released today, Count Financial ...

BT Financial frames big picture in 3D

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
Financial services group BT Financial is hoping to appeal to consumers lovestruck with all things 3D, thanks to hit movie 'Avatar', with its new marketing campaign featuring 3D visuals starting this week. The "Bigger Picture" campaign, which started ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... stock index ended down 3.10 per cent at a two-month low on Friday, the second consecutive day of sharp declines after US shares saw a record drop due to the Greek debt crisis. The headline Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed 331.10 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... index of all first section shares ended down 0.77 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 978.81 points. The solid performance of US shares overnight encouraged investors, while the yen's relative weakness against the US dollar also cheered players because a weaker ...