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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket was over one per cent higher at noon, lead by oil and gold stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 51.7 points, or 1.11 per cent, at 4715.4 while the broader All Ordinaries rose 53 points, or 1.13 per cent ...

Up, down and sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
Ouch! This is the sound Australian exporters must be making these days, quickly followed by a groan when they read what this fiscal year has in store for them. Exports according to ABARE. The Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics (ABARE) ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket was flourishing at noon, with solid gains across the board, in particular the banks and miners. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 94.2 points, or 2.07 per cent, at 4634.5 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Playing chicken with tyres

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
Don't look now but the debate as to what letter of the alphabet the global recovery will take - U, V or W - could all turn out to be wrong. It could be an L with the horizontal part of the letter longer and downward sloping. Trust politicians to try ...

Greenback weakness not all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
A global recovery is truly underway, risk appetites are being stoked, there is no more need for flight-to-quality bids. These are the reasons used to justify the sharp depreciation in the US dollar. The greenback fell to its lowest 2009 level against ...

Lucky country

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
Australian superannuation and sovereign fund assets grew over 14 per cent p.a. in local currency terms in the past five years, posting the highest growth in assets than any other country, research shows. The Watson Wyatt and Pensions & Investments research ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open slightly higher as Wall Street street edged higher on positive economic data to record an eighth consecutive gain. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was ...

Firm hails the next emerging market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
Looking for the next investment trend? Eastern Europe could be the answer, with one asset manager's flagship fund returning more than 20 per cent annualised since inception. Michael Hanson-Lawson, chief executive at East Capital Asia, said while a long-term ...

It's coming true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
"Such a feelin's comin over me There is wonder in most everything I see Not a cloud in the sky Got the sun in my eyes" (Carpenters) Wall Street snubbed what was broadly a bad news day and instead merrily hummed, "Everything I want the world to be, is ...

Danger signs ahead but bargain stocks a-plenty: Faber

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
Leading contrarian investor Dr. Marc Faber wears his "ultra bearish" cap in his Australian visit, predicting another financial crisis could happen in the next five to 10 years - but even that doesn't mean there aren't any investment opportunities, particularly ...