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Knight Janet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
'Twas a yahoo day on Wall Street overnight not only because of the 6.3% rally in Yahoo, Inc's share price - on better than predicted revenue and bottom line earnings - but also because of positive eco reports and the knight with the shiniest armour of ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street rose for its third session on positive economic news.

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
The Australian share market is higher as investors await Chinese growth numbers.

Trend - up, down or up and down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
This, Virginia, was what Wall Street did overnight - it was up, then down, the back up again ? all in a day's trade.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street despite tech stocks at one point pushing the Nasdaq Composite index down nearly two per cent.

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher after the US market lifted on the back of a solid earnings report from Citigroup and encouraging retail sales data.

Bouncy bouncy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm so grateful this morning Virginia, because data and news reports out overnight provided almost immediate proof of: improving US fundamentals and; central banks' commitment to do whatever it takes to deliver sustainable ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after decisive rises on Wall Street following better-than-expected retail sales figures.

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
The share market is lower as traders take a cautious approach ahead of the US corporate reporting season, and amid instability in Ukraine.

A 1987-style crash cometh (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
The Johnny Littles of the financial market world are once more coming out of the woodworks, proclaiming that, "A crash is coming, a crash is coming"!