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Share ownership down but trading activity up: ASX

... term which means the proportion of Australians participating in the market are in for the long haul, as opposed to day traders who might bail out at the first sign of a market correction. According to the report, a typical share owner was just as likely ...

A merger made in heaven

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... the merger has been largely favourable. While Reuters concentrates on Europe and Asia and foreign-exchange and equity traders, Thomson's strength lies in North America and fixed-income products, meaning the merger should be complementary. Thomson's other ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
... flat at close with Rio Tinto making the greatest gains on takeover rumours. The subdued state of the market reflected traders' jitters about decisions to be made later today on interest rates in the UK and in Europe, and due overnight in the US. The ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2007
... around" after a flat opening. "Considering the big gain we had yesterday, which was somewhat unexpected by many of us traders, the market is consolidating quite encouragingly today," Mr Bishop said. "I wouldn't like to pick it but I would anticipate ...

CMC hires ex-AMP FP head

... past six years with the group growing and managing the financial planning arm. While CMC Markets' core market are the day traders, Blakemore's role is to attract a wider audience specifically the brokers, the banks and, further down the track, financial ...

E-Trading goes platinum

... and pricing in both platinum and palladium," said Darryl Hooker, EBS precious metals manager. He added, "Precious metals traders universally regard price and liquidity as being of paramount importance and we offer single screen access to global counterparties...so ...

Trade faster than a speeding bullet: INSTINET

... global head of Asian equities at this year's Trading Technology conference in Sydney. The new technology, which allows traders to execute trades in microseconds, is just part of the industry's natural evolution and need for speed. "It used to take days ...

Bluestone targets the smaller end of town

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
... into more new territory with the announcement that it is establishing a new lending arm servicing the self-employed, sole traders and professional investors in the $10 billion commercial property market. The group has established Bluestone Commercial ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
The Australian share market was weaker at noon, following a soft lead from Wall Street with traders sitting on the sidelines ahead of the latest US economic data tonight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 20.6 points to 5444.6, while ...

CommSec launches over-the-counter CFDs

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
... normal exchange traded products," Comyn said. According to research carried out by Market Analyst Software, 47 per cent of traders currently use CFDs, making them the second most popular investment instrument behind direct shares.