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Dickens on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... jobless claims, industrial production, the Empire State and Philly Fed indexes and housing disappointed. Microsoft, General Electric, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley topped earnings estimates but IBM, Intel and Qualcomm fell short of expectations. ...

Legg Mason Real Income Fund rated Highly Recommended

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
Legg Mason's Australian Real Income Fund has received the rating of 'Highly Recommended' by research house Lonsec. Lonsec awarded the 'Highly Recommend' rating, in part, for the "improved resourcing and skills of the investment team responsible for ...

ASFA: Retirement costs on the rise

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
A couple looking to achieve a comfortable retirement will need to spend $55,316 a year, while those seeking a 'modest' retirement lifestyle need to spend $31,767 a year, according to new figures released today for the ASFA Retirement Standard. The updated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... Street, industrials and tech companies were the strongest performers on the Dow's 30 list of blue-chip stocks, with General Electric surging 2.7 per cent, Intel rising 2.4 per cent and Cisco gaining 1.6 per cent. Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... Ordinaries index rose 47.9 points, or 1.03 per cent, to 4,674.1 points. NEW YORK - Mixed earnings reports - with General Electric and McDonald's beating expectations, while Caterpillar fell short - held back US markets on Friday, though Microsoft gave ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... uncertainty over a government scheme to ensure it can meet compensation bills over the crisis at its nuclear plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) closed down 7.40 per cent at 200 after hitting a new intraday low of 194 yen. In other markets, Mumbai's ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... American Water Works (AWK) and Consolidated Edison (ED), consumer staples companies Procter & Gamble (PG) and General Electric (GE), and pharmaceutical conglomerate Pfizer (PFE). Outperformance by stocks that operate low-risk, low-growth businesses indicates ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped 3.68 points (0.13 per cent) to 2,796.14. Among the Dow's losers, Caterpillar, General Electric and McDonald's all gave up around one per cent of their value. The US bond market was mixed. The yield on the 10-year Treasury ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... Ltd chairman Clive Palmer addresses Committee for Economic Development of Australia in Brisbane, and Federal Attorney General Robert McClelland addresses an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia luncheon in Melbourne. On Wednesday, the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi atomic plant, which was rocked by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Beleaguered Tokyo Electric Power closed unchanged at 466 yen, at a near 50-year low after hitting limit-down levels in previous sessions. In other ...