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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
Australian stocks have opened flat as gains in the healthcare and utilities sectors were offset by weakness among energy and financial companies.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher despite a flat session on Wall Street dominated by a weak economic outlook from global freight company FedEx

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
Markets are bringing out the old haunts.

Peak in investment spend to herald lower growth: Barclays economist

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
Once it peaks in 2013, the $260 billion of [predominantly resources, and especially gas-based] business investment already in Australia's development pipeline will start declining rapidly, resulting in a significant growth slowdown in 2014.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
The Australian share market is lower as investors consolidate recent gains generated by moves to boost economic growth in the US and Europe.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite falls on Wall Street overnight as euphoria over the Federal Reserve's new QE3 stimulus fade amid concerns about weakness in US manufacturing and anti-American unrest in the Middle East.

Why QE3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
The latest QE has no end date - it's open-ended. The Fed won't finish until there is "broad-based growth in jobs and economic activity that generally signal sustained improvement in labour market conditions and declining unemployment".

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Australian stocks have opened marginally firmer, with strong gains among resources-related companies offset by weakness in defensive market sectors such as healthcare and utilities.

Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
QE3 will work, and more so with all hands on deck as China and other emerging markets shift to an accommodative stance following Europe's Stability Mechanism gaining approval.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher, continuing last week's positive theme after the Federal Reserve announced fresh measures to stimulate the US economy.