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The local share market has sharply outperformed its regional peers today, firming over 1% to close at 5636.

Fund management superstar Hamish Douglass of Magellan and asset allocation master Doug Turek join us at Eureka Interactive in the days ahead.

After a significant breakthrough, investors must now stay fully alert to what happens next in Greece.

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The new financial year is upon us… marking a good time to review our stock calls and the reasons behind our move to model portfolios.

With almost a year of global share recommendations under our belt, it's time to reveal the logic of our model portfolio.

This week we look at Asciano, Sydney Airport Holdings, Caltex, Pacific Brands and Kathmandu.

In a continuation of recent volatile behaviour, the positive mood that gripped markets at the end of last week has again been thrown into doubt by yet another European failure to meet a "deadline" for deciding on what to do about Greece.

Greece's proposal to its European creditors appears to significantly improve the prospects for a weekend agreement on extending further credit. European creditors still need to stomach the unpalatable prospect of restructuring debt so agreement is not a certainty. However, the fact that Greece has proposed a fiscal package along the lines of the one recently proposed by the EEC looks a significant step in the direction of compromise.

Local investors strapped in as they braced themselves for another wild day on the market. The opening bell saw an immediate 50 points taken off the index as Aussie stocks faced heavy selling pressure for a consecutive trading session. The morning's selling was indiscriminate with all major sectors in the red and particular concentration on energy and commodity based stocks as well as financials.

With the recent sell-off in Shanghai, have Chinese stocks finally come back down to earth or is there still a way to fall? Despite the best efforts of the Chinese Government, the Shanghai Composite Index has fallen 31% over the last month. Such a drop in such a small time leads to the obvious question - is now a good time to invest in Chinese stocks?

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The market plunge in China is many times more important to Australia's outlook than the Greek drama.

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