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Aussies turn to online trading in droves

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... time, the ALL ORDS also soared, providing strong support to the growth of the market," Investment Trends research director Irene Guiamatsia said. Investment Trends suggests the growth was largely due to Australians getting involved in online investing ...

CMC Markets hires head of sales trading

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... online investors deem their preferred platform to be either 'good' or 'very good.' Investment Trends' research director Irene Guiamatsia said there is fierce competition amongst brokers as online investors use an average of 1.3 brokers each. "Brokers ...

Chief economist update: The spook on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... eight similar episodes since 1928, according to him - Wall Street dropped. The financial headlines made sure you, I and Irene stop and pay attention and be afraid...very afraid: "US stock sell-off intensifies, Dow falls over 400 points" (Financial Times) ...

School holidays require prudent financial planning: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... while boys (36%) were more likely than girls (21%) to spend money on video games. School banking and youth general manager Irene Rowlands said there's still time to help kids make the most of the summer holidays and ease the pressure on parents' purses. ...

Down, down business conditions are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
To say that you, I and Irene were surprised at last month's NAB business survey - that showed Australian business conditions rocketed to an all-time high in October but confidence hardly budged - is more than just an understatement for even the survey ...

Iron ore's ups and downs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
How could the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) get it so spectacularly wrong? You, I and Irene could be forgiven for thinking so if you overlay today's Australian Financial Review's (AFR) headline, "Iron ore extends rally, fresh bull market beckons" ...

'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... only go towards servicing their ballooning household debt and not spent. The details of the WPI report show that you, I and Irene should be working for the government instead where pay growth's better. Public sector wages increased by 2.4% in the year ...

Interest rates on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... Let's not bother with household incomes - it's household disposable income that matters because this is what you, I and Irene could truly spend. Latest data show that annual growth in disposable income slowed to 1.97% in the June quarter from 2.07% in ...

Transparency to the max

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... Warum? It's because the Fed has telegraphed this months before. The same with the BOJ which had been telling you, I and Irene that it will "continue with "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing (QQE) with a Negative Interest Rate," aiming to achieve ...

Investors happier with online broking: Investment Trends

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... feedback, so it's pleasing to see our clients clearly valuing this," Selvarajah said. Investment Trends' research director Irene Guiamatsia said there is fierce competition amongst brokers as online investors use an average of 1.3 brokers each. Underpinning ...