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Bad news bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
Looks like the financial markets are not getting any reprieve from this month's instalment of economic data releases. You guessed it! It was another down day on Wall Street overnight as Murphy's Law made its presence felt. "If anything could go wrong ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
The Australian market has received strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with key Wall Street indices all closing lower again, and metals and oil also all down. Some boost may be expected if the market responds favourably to a compromise ...

Down on old news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
What really was Moody's intention in announcing that it may downgrade Spain's credit rating last night? Is it Moody's way of proving that it still matters? That it could still move markets? According to Bloomberg, "US stocks fell, extending the first ...

Market Wrap - Mid-Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
The Australian share market opened one per cent lower, after falls on Wall Street sparked by weak employment figures. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 39.8 points, or 0.93 per cent, at 4261.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

School staff take up super advice: NGS Super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
Teachers are practicing what they preach, taking up the free financial advice services offered by NGS Super at an unprecedented rate in the last six months - proof that not everyone's indifferent about their retirement savings. In May last year, NGS ...

APRA dictates investment option labels

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
The prudential regulator has drawn a line in the sand on how super fund investment options are to be labelled and announced it will introduce risk-based criterion for how diversified investment options will in the future be categorised. The move kills ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
The Australian share market improved slightly by noon but remained sharply lower, with heavy losses in all sectors. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 75.6 points, or 1.74 per cent, at 4,270.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

452 Capital returns 32pc in Morgan's absence

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... Australian Share Fund returned close to 20 per cent (19.98 per cent), net of investment fees and taxes, in the 12 months to May - only just underperforming its benchmark by less than 1 per cent (74 basis points). Colonial First State distributes 452 ...

EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... China is moderating not collapsing. Next ugly contender step up please. Japan's unemployment rate rose to 5.2 per cent in May - the third consecutive month of increase. Industrial production fell by 0.1 per cent in May versus expectations of a 0.4 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
The Australian market is expected to open lower on Wednesday following strong negative leads from offshore overnight. Wall Street's key indices slumped on Tuesday, precious and base metals and oil were down, except gold which rose slightly, and European ...