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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street.

Majority slammed (again), equities dunked, A$ fouled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
It's the sensible thing to do. Nothing significant has happened and 'things' could change between now and the next meeting - or the next.

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
The Australian share market is trading higher on the back of expectations of another cut to interest rates, but has eased back on its run towards the 6,000 point mark.

I cut, you cut, I cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
You know the drill, a cheaper A$ enhances Australian exporters' earnings - through improved competitiveness and currency translation effects - it improves domestic firms' profitability as "made in other parts of the world" products become more expensive ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
The share market is higher as miners benefit from a surprise cut to interest rates in China.

Fight or be beggared by the neighbours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
'Tis so because the RBA must counter the Fed's counter move delivered on 23-24 Feb when Yellen told the Senate and then Congress that she'll remain "patient" for a little while longer. You think Janet's being magnanimous? No way, Jose.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell modestly following a new estimate of fourth-quarter US economic growth that came in better than expected.

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
The market has opened weaker, dragged down by losses in the energy sector and a dismal Woolworths half yearly result.

Demography must drive reform

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
A clear Australian agenda for change which requires difficult reform over the next decade is emerging.

Tme to get fiscal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
Perhaps it's time to try the more effective fiscal policy to stoke "animal spirits". Bring back John Maynard Keynes and let the government borrow and spend to revive the economy.