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Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... authorities on both sides of the Atlantic. "That just added fuel to the fire of all the negative data that came out over night." Mr Jukes said the Australian dollar would take direction from Asian markets during the domestic session. "If we see that ...

On the verge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... trading dance floors of commodity markets and most major equity markets around the world. The S&P 500 dropped by 4.5% last night, the Euro Stoxx 50 lost 5.3%, the FTSE 100 shed 4.5% while we're all asleep. All because Morgan Stanley (MS) mentioned the ...

Nothing happened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... to the economy." There! Now tell me what impression do you get after reading all these? Yup, Wall Street was cactus last night. But no, it wasn't. The S&P 500 closed a bit higher than flat. Sure it lost the 1.3% gain it achieved in morning trade, but ...

Super now the fourth pillar

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... to become the fifth, said minister Bill Shorten at a major superannuation function at Parliament House in Canberra last night. Shorten was speaking at a dinner to mark 20 year since compulsory employer superannuation was introduced, a policy reform that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... on the local equities market but would liven up after results of economic data emerge from Europe and the US in Tuesday night's offshore session. "We're seeing a fairly lacklustre performance on the equities market, which is keeping the Aussie low," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
The Australian dollar was stronger on Tuesday after a bouyant night on European and US equity markets and as commodities also pushed higher. At 0710 AEST on Tuesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 105.03 US cents, up from 104.16 US cents on Monday. ...

Digit says recession averted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... spread the word that France would be losing an A on its 'AAA' credit rating. And the day after the day after - that was last night - well, you know what happened it bounced back with a vengeance. Apart from reports that the French rumour was just that ...

UniSuper chief wins exec of the year award

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... UniSuper's Terry McCredden won the Fund Executives Association's superannuation executive of the year award in Melbourne last night. The tenth annual executive of the year award was presented in partnership with AMP Capital, rewarding leadership, innovation ...

Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... universe. There's certainly fear in the financial markets now as reflected by the 22.6% jump in the VIX index to 42.99 last night. Chances are there'll be more to volatility in store given the current edgy state of financial markets. However, this also ...

Stocks rally hard as Australia deemed a bargain buy

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... stock, causing equities to snap back hard. "It's too risky to stay on a short market that's down 20%," he said. Lonsec last night issued client advice stating the Australian market was reaching a capitulation point and that a great long-term buying opportunity ...