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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
The Australian stock market had edged up almost half a per cent by noon in mixed trading ahead of Tuesday's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) interest rate decision. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 13.1 points, or 0.35 per cent, higher at 3748.7 ...

She'll be right mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
What a week...what a wonderful week! Most equity markets - from New York to Rio and Old London town - greeted the early buds of the Northern Hemisphere Spring with spring on their steps. Wall Street - as many others - marked their fourth straight week ...

GFC Problem solved

Game over. Problem solved! With a stroke of a pen and an extra US$1,000,000,000,000 the leaders of the G20 have ended the global financial crisis. Not so fast. The rally that started in the Asia Pacific time zone extended to Wall Street overnight, with ...

AVG targets hacker behaviour

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
Financial services firms should look at behavioural technology and website pre-scanning as key tools in their fight against identity theft and cyber crime, according to IT security firm AVG. Global internet security firm has added another feature to ...

Spring springs on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
'Words and music make a song.' (Andy Gibb) Wall Street's performance overnight showed what some choice words and a 'memo' could do to market sentiment. The S&P 500's 6.4 per cent surge last night provided a preview of the sharp reversal the equity markets ...

In planners we trust

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... than advisers' technical expertise particularly in today's volatile market, according to Professional Investment Services. Tom Lawton, ex-Wallabies player and group manager, international business development at Professional Investment Services, said ...

Telstra Super hires JANA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... consultant that would best meet the changing needs of the fund. The corporate super fund appointed financial services consultant, Tom Babic to conduct the review. Only "top tier asset consulting firms in Australia" with extensive experience and expertise ...

Transcending politics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
Waiting...waiting. Americans and Australians are both in a holding pattern waiting for the passage of their respective government's latest fiscal dole-outs. Wall Street sat on the fence overnight as investors await the approval of US President Barack ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
In a weekend interview on ABC Television, US National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers said "We'll see what happens" and "We'll do what's necessary." This is one of the reasons why I've turned. For once, I believe the powers that be. There ...

Focus on the good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Whew! Finally a bit of good news. Or rather investors chose to see the good rather than the bad. US equities closed last night's trading up more than 1 per cent, reversing early losses brought on by reports that initial jobless benefit claims jumped ...