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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... markets were mixed as news that Japan's economy shrank in the July-September quarter and fears over the US "fiscal cliff" offset another round of healthy Chinese data. Tokyo fell 0.93 per cent, or 81.16 points, to 8,676.44, Sydney lost 0.31 per cent ...

Market Wrap early AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... successor to President Hu Jintao. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mostly down as better-than-expected US jobs figures were offset by caution ahead of the US presidential election and the start of China's leadership transition. The US dollar remained elevated ...

Uncertainty goes uncertainty comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... a whole will be mixed to slightly positive." "The upfront decline in GDP and the destruction of physical wealth will be offset over time by greater economic activity. So while the balance sheet of the country as a whole has been negatively affected ...

Investor confidence hits 14 year low

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... investor confidence was 10 points higher," said O'Connell. This reflects a changed outlook, with improved US prospects offset by slowing growth in the Asian region, he said. "The net effect is that institutional investors have little appetite for risky ...

Sandy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... GDP. Wells Fargo figures that it would shave between 0.1% and 0.2% from fourth quarter GDP growth. However, this should be offset by spending on rebuilding and repairs that follow so I reckon the net effect of the storm on GDP would be zero or perhaps ...

Bank dividends under threat

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... are sustainable or growing. A dividend cut puts more pressure on your total return than the possible capital growth can offset. "Telstra has been a very good investment for us over the last 12 months in that regard. It's not going to be a fast grower ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... cent to 3,408.89 points. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mostly lower as better-than-expected US growth data failed to offset concerns over corporate earnings. Trading was also nervous at the start of a crucial week that will see a Bank of Japan policy ...

Not long now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... personal consumption expenditures (PCE), federal government spending, and residential fixed investment that were partly offset by negative contributions from exports, nonresidential fixed investment, and private inventory investment. Imports, which are ...

Market wrap late AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... Russell said investors were still reacting positively to the recent Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cash rate cut which had offset mixed overseas leads. "The local market has held up pretty well considering the recent volatility in the US market in particular," ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... posted mixed results but the pound gained ground after data showed Britain has marched smartly out of recession, news that offset a sharp drop in profit at Spanish banking giant Santander. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies closed essentially unchanged ...