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Land of the free money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... Keep Rates at Record Low". Sensational aren't they? If you read just the headlines, you'll get that "lovin feelin" for US shares. But look closer and you'll see that there was nothing spectacular to Wall Street's performance at the closing bell. S&P ...

Vanguard ETFs reach $100m mark

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... 2009, the Vanguard range of ETFs includes the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS); the Vanguard All-World ex-US Shares Index ETF (VEU); and the Vanguard US Total Market Shares Index ETF (VTS). ETFs offer investors access to the diversified and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... since October 26, while the broader All Ordinaries index gained 43.6 points, or 0.92 per cent, at 4,776.7. NEW YORK - US shares sputtered on Wednesday, ending mixed as investors mulled a weaker-than-anticipated survey on job losses and a cautiously optimistic ...

Joined at the hip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... action in the north across its border. The usual suspects were in attendance to provide a semblance of market action. US shares rose on positive housing news. The S&P/Case Shiller home price index rose by 1.1 per cent in August - the third consecutive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... fell 52.37 points, or 1.35 percent, to close at 3,8290.85 points. TOKYO - Japanese stocks ended lower on Thursday after US shares fell and as wariness grew ahead of Japanese earnings season. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index dropped 66.22 points, or 0.64 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... banking stocks declined on the view that they've already had a good run. Local stocks had gained in early trading after US shares rose to a new high for the year on Friday, and as miners gained on a better-than expected production report from iron ore ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... said the country's unemployment rate unexpectedly had dipped to 9.4 per cent, its first decline in 15 months. That sent US shares higher, with the broad market Standard & Poor's 500 index advanced 13.4 points, or 1.34 per cent, to 1010.48. On the local ...

Vanguard ETFs hit $20m mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... international ETFs are getting. The firm launched the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF, the Vanguard All-World ex US Shares Index ETF and the Vanguard US Total Market Shares Index ETF on 8 May this year. "The majority of that has gone into Australian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... liquefied natural gas (LNG) development. Woodside shares added 35 cents to $43.70. Setting the mood of equity investors, US shares gained on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.15 per cent to 8,500.33. The tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... cent, at 3,941.7, while the broader All Ordinaries index had gained 7.5 points, or 0.19 per cent, to 3,919.6. NEW YORK - US shares vaulted higher on Friday after a largely positive report card on the country's leading banks as well as better-than-expected ...