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Let them have soup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
US First Lady, Michelle Obama, shows us the future - and it does not look good. Wall Street and European equities tumbled again while we were sleeping. Part of the reason was disappointment that the much-awaited Chinese medicine was not potent enough ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market was lower at noon with the resources sector taking the biggest falls as most sectors fell into the red. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 84.3 points lower, or 2.48 per cent, at 3,318.1 while the broader All ...

Magellan Global tops overseas shares manager list

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
In a market that fell by as much as 50 per cent last year, Magellan Global bucked the trend by posting a 1.3 per cent loss, pushing it to the top of the league tables of overseas shares managers for 2008. As a fund manager that has only been around ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
The Australian sharemarket was lower at noon as resource stocks dragged the local bourse lower after commodity prices declined. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had fallen 18.9 points, or 0.54 per cent, to 3,449.2, while the broader All ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
Australian shares were lower at noon on the back of ailing commodity prices and a strong negative lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 171.1 points, or 4.12 per cent, at 3,985, while the broader All Ordinaries lost ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
The Australian share market was lower at noon by less than one per cent, with utilities and financials the main laggards. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 had lost 44.1 points, or 0.89 per cent to 4,885.4, while the broader All Ordinaries shed ...

See-through IMAs buffer market sting

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
Dalton Nicol Reid clients are hunkering down for a year of negative returns - but the specialist portfolio manager said they were well-informed ahead of the financial year-end due to the transparency of individually managed accounts (IMAs). DNR, one ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
The Australian share market was slightly lower at noon as weakness among the major banks outweighed strength among oil and resources stocks flowing from higher prices for oil and most base metals. Austock senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
Australian shares traded in a small range this morning, leaving them marginally down at midday after a weak lead from the US and a rise in oil and gold prices. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 13.6 points lower at 6411.8, while the All ...

Euro PE due for bull run: Adveq

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
Europe could see more small or mid-size private equity buyouts in the near future, thanks to larger corporations repositioning and smaller businesses looking for succession solutions, according to European independent private equity fund of funds manager ...