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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... prices point to reduced monetary policy accommodation -- made more real by the Polish central bank's surprise rate hike last night. You, I, and Irene know that with higher interest rates, growth slows. You, I, and Irene know that slower growth means ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was 48 points higher at 4767, with 10,000 contracts traded. Tuesday night's federal budget was having little effect, apart from taking away some of the uncertainty leading up to it, IG Market analyst ...

Budget bore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... thing with a hint of significance in honourable Wayne Swan's - Australia's deputy PM and Treasurer - budget speech last night. It was a ho-hum Budget that even the Australian dollar was unimpressed by. It hardly moved up or down. What do you expect? ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... noon, dragged down by banks and investors withdrawing to the sidelines ahead of the federal budget's release on Tuesday night. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 19 points, or 0.4 per cent, lower at 4,737.8 points, while the broader All ...

Equities don't work in retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... System Review who now heads the retirement income products division at Challenger Financial Services, told ABC radio last night that poor investment returns are inhibiting the ability of savers to accumulate capital and inflation is then undermining ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... contracts traded. Macquarie Private Wealth adviser Helen Spencer said the better than expected jobs data, released on Friday night local time, had boosted investor sentiment. That was seeing investors buy stocks that had been the subject of heavy selling ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... commodity price falls and a weak lead from Wall Street, local stocks were fairing well, Mr Bishop said. "It was a rough night and that's playing out here, although it's not too bad and it could be a lot worse," he said. Bank stocks were higher as investors ...

AFA award launched to encourage female financial planners

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... the Macquarie Graduate School of Management launched its inaugural AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award in Sydney last night. Tackling the gender gap that exists in retirement savings, wealth protection and life insurance- the AFA's Female Excellence ...

Silver bullet downs market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
Looks like the commodity and equity markets put up a big 'SALE sign last night. Commodities of nearly all persuasions dropped with a thud and so did Wall Street along with other markets in North and Latin America and most of Europe. Do I have permission ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... and energy sector having a bit of a bounce," Mr Peacock said. "They were the two worst performing sectors in the US last night and commodity prices were fairly hard hit. "Maybe investors thought they had been a bit oversold during the last couple of ...