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Insider selling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
The insiders are selling! The insiders are selling! But before this let's switch over to our man on Wall Street. Hold on...our man, Mr. Bloomberg (not New York's Mayor but the "premier site for business and financial market news"), seems confused. At ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... Shirakawa said he would step down early. Traders also took a lead from Wall Street and Europe, where encouraging economic data offset concerns over political uncertainty in Spain and Italy. Tokyo soared 3.37 per cent, or 416.83 points, to 11,463.75 - ...

Retirement costs on the rise again

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... falls were for vegetables (-5.7 per cent) due to favourable growing and weather conditions though the fall was partially offset by rises in poultry (6.0 per cent), fruit (1.7 per cent) and cakes and biscuits (1.7 per cent). Also down were the prices ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite falls on Wall Street and many European bourses overnight with investors still unnerved by US gross domestic figures. Investors were surprised by the US Commerce Department figures showing the world's ...

RBF shakes up fund with two new mandates

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
Tasmania's public sector superannuation fund, Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF) has mandated two new fund managers following an extensive restructure of its $1.1 billion Australian equities portfolio. The new structure has made it possible for the fund ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... Australia had hit its earnings but a better than expected performance from its operations in South America and Europe would offset the weaker Australian business. Its shares had fallen 50 cents, or 7.9 per cent, to $5.83 by 1055 AEDT. Meanwhile, building ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013
... global crisis. Export growth for the world's second largest economy rebounded strongly in December. That good news was offset by a US government report that weekly applications for unemployment benefits ticked up last week. The Labor Department said ...

Investors turn from cash to fixed income: UBS

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... value in fixed income through corporate bonds and high yield debt, but recommends clients say shorter than the duration to offset risk further out. "Hybrids are also a good way for retail investors to acquire high quality debt like CBA, and these are ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... could be resolved in about a week. There was also gains for financial companies, while optimism about the Chinese economy offset news that US business added fewer jobs last month. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 82.71 points to 13,034.49. The ...

Tough turkey for retirees this Christmas

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... will be the Grinch who stole Christmas." O'Neill added that the impact of interest rate movements on retirees is usually offset by regular adjustments to the Centrelink deeming rates upon which pensions are calculated. "With interest rates on a downward ...