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Budget for uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Yes! This was my jubilant exclamation as I watched the S&P/ASX 200 index started climbing from the get go yesterday. Yup, I expected as much given the good news on or before "Mother's Day" - goldilocks US employment report, clam in the bond markets ...

Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Happy Mother's Day! Mothers everywhere must still be bathing in the afterglow of the public (and private) displays of affection showered upon them over the one day of the year especially dedicated to mommies. Mama Mia! The sharp rebound in financial ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains on Wall Street on Friday. The June share price index futures contract was up 43 points at 5,645. Wall Street stocks surged more than one per cent on Friday after new data showed that the ...

Goldman Sachs bond fund recommended by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
The Goldman Sachs Global Strategic Bond Fund has been awarded a 'Recommended' rating by Lonsec Research in its first review. The unconstrained bond fund has the flexibility to take a more dynamic approach than traditional fixed income funds by allowing ...

Falling cash rate puts gold in 'sweet spot'

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
Global demand for physical gold has jumped on the back of data that shows returns have exceeded 20% per annum when real interest rates have fallen below 2%. "Low interest rate environments like the one Australia is experiencing are typically the sweet ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... major miners were mixed with gains in iron ore, copper, oil and gas prices overnight and falls in precious metals, including gold. Diversified miner BHP Billiton was down 51 cents to $32.84 while Rio Tinto added one cent to $59.91 and Fortescue Metals ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... sector following overseas share market gains on Friday night. "Mining and energy stocks are leading the market higher but gold stocks have taken some of the gloss off that performance," CMC market analyst Michael McCarthy said. A 5% gain in the price ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... also stronger after its quarterly update showed a reduction in costs, with its shares adding 10.5 cents, 40%, to 36.5 cents. Gold miner Newcrest had fallen 51.5 cents, or 3.5 per cent, to $14.085 despite a rise in production and a weaker Australian dollar ...

JPM appoints Goldman Sachs managing director

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
J.P. Morgan has announced that Paul Uren will join Grant Dempsey as co-head of global investment banking for Australia and New Zealand. Uren joins J.P. Morgan from Goldman Sachs where he was managing director and co-head of investment banking services ...

Now for Australia's debt surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
Sufferin' succotash! Now we're really in trouble. Australians all, let's not rejoice for the bad news is piling up on us... one after the other. There's slowing China - GDP decelerated to 7.0% in the first quarter from 7.4% in 2014 - and is pushing ...