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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
The Australian share market is slightly higher in the wake of Wall Street gains but falls in oil, gold and iron ore prices. IG market strategist Stan Shamu says the market is lacking a catalyst to trade much higher. "The only major development from ...

The recession we're wishing to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
Get behind me ye men of little faith! There appears no pleasing us, Australians all. Whinge, whinge, whinge. We worry about our country's economic growth - by the by my neighbour still thinks we're in recession... we never got out of it since 2009 - ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Australian share market has reversed some of its heavy losses after a strong bounce in oil and gold prices. The share market dumped two per cent on Monday as energy stocks tumbled in the wake of the lowest crude oil prices since 2009. Crude prices ...

Slides can be fun too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
Brent oil up 4.0% to US$72.94 a barrel; WTI oil up 4.9% to US$69.36 a barrel. Is this it? Have we reached bottom oil? Is this the sliding slippery stuff's equilibrium price? Or just a dead feline bounce? As Bob Dylan would sing to you, "the answer my ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... helped by a weakening yen and the lower oil prices, which will cut import costs. Japan has ramped up imports of the black gold to make up for lost energy caused by the shuttering of the country's nuclear power stations. In Sydney, the biggest casualty ...

ASIC begins legal action against LM Investment Management

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... Drake and its former directors. The regulator is seeking financial penalties and banning orders following the collapse of the Gold Coast-based fund manager. The civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia are against Drake, Francene Maree ...

Next super revolution must tackle retirement: Vilgan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... of insurance against the price of growth assets." But she reminded delegates: "There is no free lunch. There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. There is no magic pudding."

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
Australia's share market is weaker as declining iron ore prices hit the big miners. Gold and base metals rose during the London trading session but it was concern about iron ore falling below $US75 a tonne which hit BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, Patersons ...

Conditions and confidence collide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... all come at once - Fed's final taper, China slowdown, eurozone triple dip, geo-politics, geo-health, falling iron ore and gold prices, increased financial market volatility. These may have affected business confidence at the time of the survey. The NAB ...

Gold Coast advice firm enters EU over misleading ads

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
Gold Coast-based financial planning and property management business Equanimity Concepts has entered into an enforceable undertaking (EU) with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The regulator found that from January 2012 to ...