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Credit to escape impending bond rout

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
... investment grade corporate bonds," he said. "The higher yields available in a diversified basket of these bonds should offset rising interest rates, enabling investors to maintain an exposure to fixed income without suffering negative returns." Outside ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... second-largest economy. The China data came amid a mixed batch of corporate earnings reports with strong earnings from Netflix offset by disappointing results from Lockheed Martin and others. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets retreated as investors ...

Watch central banks closely, warns Neuberger Berman

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
Investors can expect slow but steady growth in 2014 and shouldn't completely rule out a modest interest rate rise before the end of the year, according to investment strategists at fund manager Neuberger Berman. The firm is expecting positive momentum ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
... Electric matching estimates. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets rose, with London making gains as strong retail sales data offset a profit warning from Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ended up 0.20 per cent at 6,829.30 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
The Australian stock market is lower, with strong gains in resources stocks offset by falls elsewhere. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said the market spent the morning in the red following a soft lead from the US where disappointing earnings results ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
Australian shares have bounced back from Tuesday's losses, thanks to a positive lead from Wall Street. The market is more than three-quarters of a per cent higher, which partly offsets the previous session's 1.5 per cent slide. Morgans senior private ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
The Australian sharemarket has opened slightly lower with overnight falls in overseas markets offset by strong commodity prices. Strong US economic data on employment numbers and new home sales weighed on stocks as investors weighed whether that meant ...

Black Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013

Industry bodies call for Government LISC U-turn

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... which saved an estimated $2.5 billion per annum. From a budget sustainability perspective these savings more than fully offset the $0.9 billion annual cost of the LISC."

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... general meetings scheduled. In Australia, the market on Tuesday edged higher as gains by mining and chemical companies offset more falls by the major banks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained six points, or 0.11 per cent, to 5,393.1. The broader All ...