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Economics

Can't help falling in love with stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
They're dancing and singing on the streets - Wall Street, that is -- for the Dow Jones Industrials Index has officially closed at an all-time record high. Commiseration to you 9 October 2007, your 14,164.53-point best is now just a runner-up to last ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to an all-time high.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
The Australian market has shot up by more than one-and-a-half per cent at noon, with investors using yesterday's falls to lap up cheaper stocks.

China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
So just like the rebounds that followed from the scares two weeks past and last week, it's looking like the dip buyers are out in force once again.

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after falling sharply on Monday dragged down by the resourses sector and following mixed results on international bourses.

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
The Australian share market has opened lower in a market affected by large stocks going ex-dividend.

The virtuous cycle is back in play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
Who's afraid of sequestration? Not Wall Street it seems.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower despite Wall Street reaching a five-year high as it shrugged off the risks to the world's largest economy of impending federal spending cuts and bid up equities

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
The Australian share market is trading lower following negative leads from overseas markets.

Wall Street up till it was down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
It shows that the market is still behaving rationally. It's behaving as one would expect when one is faced with uncertainty.