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Wall Street is in a spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
Wall Street down... on Iraq... on escalating Middle East tensions... Sounds about quite right 'eh Virginia? After all, an escalation of conflict in the land of the sand dunes would lift the price of what's underneath those sand dunes - oil. This, in ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street finished little changed following mixed economic data while investors keep watch on continued unrest in major oil-producer Iraq. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index ...

Good or bad, it's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
I had pancakes for breakfast. So was everyone else tuned in to overnight trading activity on Wall Street. The S&P 500 index closed flat -- ok, ok... an itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie minus 0.01% if one must be pedantic about it -- after declining by as much ...

BNP, US prosecutors near $US9bn settlement

AFP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... the French bank pay $US8 billion to $US9 billion and accept other punitive measures for violating American sanctions, The Wall Street Journal reports. US regulators and BNP Paribas executives are trying to hash out a settlement following charges the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
The Australian share market is higher following a strong lead from Wall Street. The Dow and S&P 500 advanced to fresh records on Friday amid a lift in oil prices and the French government having favoured General Electric's proposal to take over Alstom's ...

S&P 500: 22 corrections in 6 months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... looming... and soon! Right on schedule Virginia, we're again hearing calls for a dip, a fall, a stumble, a correction on Wall Street straight after both the S&P 500's and the Dow's climb to fresh record highs last week, yet again. How many times have ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after solid gains on Wall Street with the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaching a fresh high. At 0645 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,390. The Dow ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street closed mixed with the Standard and Poor's reaching another record but the Nasdaq falling. At 0810 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,417. ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... 2015 (from 1.0% in March) and 2.5% the following year (from 2.25%). Say whaaaat! Sound the alarm, sound the alarm! But nah, Wall Street still rallied last night despite these raised rate forecasts. Perhaps this time, Wall Street remembers Aunt Janet's ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street's S&P 500 bolted to a new record following the Federal Reserve's decision to keep its interest rates ultra low. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was ...