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A tall tale of a good story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... economic releases for the dip in US equities while we slept. The weather was kept out of it - "U.S. Stocks Fall After Weaker Housing, Confidence Data" says Bloomberg. Sure, the S&P 500 index fell overnight - but by only an itsy bitsy teenie weenie 0.1% ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street finished modestly lower following weak housing figures but European markets rose as traders digested mixed retail sales data out of Britain. At 0754 AEDT on Monday, the March share price ...

G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... what is disappointing, what is negative is "likely affected by the weather". Blame the extreme cold for the drop in US housing in January - housing starts plunged by 16.0% while existing home sales fell by 5.1%. And while you're at it curse the weather ...

Traffic light trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... Fed survey (also released last night) and the Empire State survey (reported earlier this week... or the 16% plunge in housing starts in January? Don't worry about them, they're caused by weather distortions.A She'll be right when spring breaks. This ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... LONDON - European stocks markets remained largely flat as investors digested a rise in British unemployment and downbeat housing data from the winter-struck US. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index ended virtually unchanged at 6,796.71 points. Frankfurt's ...

Equity-like bonds most attractive

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... stretch for yield and see select opportunities in high-yield and US agency mortgages, the latter as a play on the recovering housing market," she said. "We are also staying out of negative real yield safe-haven and focusing on higher real-yielding so ...

CBA posts $4.27bn half year profit

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... said there was little evidence of a meaningful increase in investment in Australia's non resource sectors, other than housing. But, he said, growth forecasts for developed economies had improved, consumer spending had grown over the holiday season and ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... contract was up one point at 5,170. In economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases December housing finance data and the residential property price indexes for the December quarter. The National Australia Bank's monthly ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia issues its Statement on Monetary Policy. And, the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association releases its performance of construction index (PCI) for January. In equities news, News Corp, in New ...

Super subsidies cost $32bn: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... Australia's most significant industries. After superannuation, the second largest tax expenditure item was owner occupied housing that amounted to $30 billion in capital gains tax exemptions that apply to a person's main residence. Adding the estimated ...