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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... capital raised hopes that leader Muammar Gaddafi may be overthrown and helped propel US stocks higher. US equities have fallen for four consecutive weeks amid fears of a double dip recession in the US and worries about the European sovereign debt crisis. ...

Planning practices will sell on earnings not revenue after opt-in

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... lend." Valuation firm Radar Results said in April that revenue multiple valuations of financial planning practices have fallen in the past three years, with buyers reluctant to pay as much as in times past. Planning businesses can also improve their ...

Financial services turn to Twitter

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... social media as a client relationship tool. Many have now committed but, according to recent US research, the majority have fallen for Twitter over rival Facebook. Corporate Insight, a US based strategic marketing and consulting firm for the financial ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... S&P/ASX200 index was down 151.6 points, or 3.80 per cent, at 3,834.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 161.9 points, or 3.99 per cent, to 3,894.8 points. On the ASX 24, the September share price index futures contract was 155 ...

Bendigo Wealth plays part in group profits

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... billion in funds under management, has reportedly made around 1000 margin calls in Australia in recent days as markets have fallen.

Goodbye or good buy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... & Poor's? If they were, why have the yields of the US curve for Treasuries with maturities from two through to 30 years fallen (prices have risen)? Are bond market investors deaf -- are they blind - to S&P's warning that USA would be harder to put to ...

Market dives on US downgrade, China demands new reserve currency

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... to Standard & Poor's historic weekend downgrade of US sovereign credit. At time of writing the All Ordinaries Index had fallen 66.1 points or 1.59% to 4103.6 while the S&P/ASX 200 was down 62.3 points or 1.52% to 4042.9. US Treasury debt had been widely ...

Capital protected products shine in gloom

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... call risk and continues to collect dividends and franking credits. At the end of the term they hand back shares that have fallen below the protected price, with no loss of capital. They keep the profit on the shares that have risen. The risks are that ...

Rates rise in Italy while Cypriot pension funds withdraw cash

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... highly exposed to the Greek sovereign debt crisis. The Central Bank of Cyprus said deposits by financial intermediaries had fallen from 7.5 billion euros in May to 6.1 billion euros in June, a fall of 1.4 billion euros in just one month, reports said. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... (AEST), the Australian dollar was trading at 107.80 US cents, down from 108.90 cents on Tuesday. The Australian dollar has fallen steadily since the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced it kept the interest rate at 4.75 per cent on Tuesday afternoon. ...