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US to avoid default, EM stocks to rise: Janus

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... impending US economic catastrophe if Congress doesn't agree to raise the US$14.3 trillion debt ceiling, reached on Monday US time. Markets so far consider the possibility of default to be extremely unlikely. But if it did occur, the US would lose its ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... US economy. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is due to speak before the US Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday (US time).

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... US economy. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke was due to speak before the US Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday (US time). The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 75.53, or 0.74 per cent, at 10,229.96 points. The Standard & Poor's 500 index ...

A stitch in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
Finally! That source of international angst and condemnation, that much debated, much awaited Chinese currency revaluation is coming! It's good news for financial markets. Positive speculation abound after the People's Bank of China (PBOC) posted the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... closed up 5.2 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 3,024.1 after the Dow Jones industrial average gained 2.3 per cent on Wednesday US time and the Australian market posted gains in excess of two per cent on Thursday. Turnover was worth $NZ78.98 million ($A63.96 ...

Small caps and Asia on Auscoal radar

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
The $4.4 billion Auscoal Super is eyeing small caps and Asia as key international equities segments that currently present the most investment opportunities. Bruce Watson, chief executive of Auscoal, said the fund is seeing a number of opportunities ...

RetireInvest hires national risk manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
RetireInvest recently appointed Col Fullagar as national manager, risk insurance. Fullagar has over 25 years experience and help grow RetireInvest's risk capability, which has seen production double since last year. Fullagar brings with him experience ...

Up, Down, Flat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... companies in America. Then again, the broader S&P 500 index paints a different picture. It has fallen only once - Monday US time -- over the past four days, proving optimism that we have already left behind the low of the lows back in early March 2009. ...

Mercer and MLC top IC survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
Mercer and MLC have topped the implemented consulting survey in Australian shares and international shares respectively. The latest Rainmaker Information/CPG Research & Advisory found Mercer topped the Australian shares table losing 1.5 per cent followed ...

De-stressing the stress test

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... better than market expectations for a 645,000 reduction. The official US employment report will be released on Friday (US time). Markets expect the report to show non-farm jobs shrank by another 603,000 in April. There is likely to be a welcome surprise ...