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Careful of the recession you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... available). Could it be? Australia is going the way of Italy and Spain as indicated by the almost similar falls in their stock market indices last week? Now you see how absurd it is? Then again...maybe not. Not if we get what we wish for and succeed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
The Australian share market is set for a small fall when it opens for the week. Wall Street provided a mixed lead on Friday night, with the main indices only marginally changed heading into a three-day weekend. At 0758 AEST on Monday, the June share ...

Preamium SMA deemed suitable for SIV investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... Scheme. "These applicants are generally highly sophisticated investors. They are based offshore but know the Australian stock market, and value the ability to see those well-known Australian shares in their portfolios," Varlamos said. "Managing cross-border ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite falls on major overseas markets following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to congress and the release of the central bank's policy meeting minutes. At 0750 AEST on Friday, the ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
The Australian stock market has opened firmer, with the big miners among the better performers in early trade. BHP and Rio have continued their recent run higher after touching multi-month lows in April amid concerns about falling commodities prices ...

Breaking the bad in the eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
Here's a quiz for you gentle readers, when was the last time you felt the fear over the prospect for the eurozone? It seemed oh so long ago, doesn't it? It appears just a distant memory especially when you look at the current performance of the Europe ...

Technology drives US client adviser loyalty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... their advisers, the report noted that 59% of advice clients expected their primary adviser to contact them if the stock market changed significantly in one day although the report did not clarify what is the threshold for such a stock market change.

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
The Australian market has opened higher due to strong overseas leads and the falling Australian dollar. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said the local market was off to a positive start after Wall Street and European market posted strong gains overnight ...

Will stocks follow Fed exit to the exits?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... who didn't believe that QE would work or that, at best, the succession of QEs would have diminishing impact on the stock market (remember those charts showing less and less share price appreciations as QE1 became QE2 became QE3?) are the same ones warning ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street traded flat under the shadow of poor Chinese economic data and a slight gain in US monthly retail sales. At 0744 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 16 ...