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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite Wall Street closing mostly lower after the Federal Reserve warned that some technology stocks appear to be overvalued.

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher following positive overseas leads.

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
Financial System Inquiry (FSI) chairman David Murray spoke at the National Press Club following the release of the FSI interim report.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after a solid kickoff to the US earnings season from Alcoa and Federal Reserve minutes that signalled low interest rates for a while longer.

Run with bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
But unlike in Pamplona, there appears to be little chance of being gored, not with the central bank offering almost perpetual succour or for as long as they could.

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
The Australian share market was higher in early trade following positive leads out of the United States and Europe.

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
The Australian market is expected to open higher on Monday as investors prepare for a deluge of profit news from the United States.

Mission accomplished?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
The British economy continues to gain momentum.

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
One part of me says caution and to take pre-caution. The experience of Greece is still fresh in my mind from when it was branded a "liar" by Eurostat back in April 2010.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street closed down despite recovering somewhat from a sharp opening fall sparked by a Portugal bank scare and general investor caution.