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Retirement adequacy beats market slump

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... standards," noted the report. Ironically, the study also found that the amount that people set aside for retirement has actually fallen following the round of income tax cuts which applied from July last year. "These boost the incomes - and hence pre-retirement ...

SMSF intl equities allocation halves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... SMSF Survey - June 2009, which randomly selects 1,000 SMSFs it administers, found allocations to international shares had fallen from nearly 14 per cent in December 2007 to seven per cent at the end of June 2009. International direct share investment ...

RBNZ could go zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... interest rates in July 2008 - and only by a token 25 bps - from 8.25 per cent to 8 per cent and after real GDP had already fallen for two consecutive quarters. To be fair, the RBNZ was overly worried about rising inflation back then. But it soon painfully ...

Another dead feline bounce

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... largest fall since 1946 and the 15th consecutive month of year-on-year decline. There's more, capacity utilisation has fallen to a record low of 68 per cent during the month. And still there's more. The US appears to be headed for deflation. Annual headline ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 56.6 points, or 1.49 per cent, at 3737.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 52.6 points, or 1.39 per cent, to 3738 points. NEW YORK - US stocks posted a broad rally on the back of a stronger ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 21.8 points, or 0.57 per cent, at 3772.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 18 points, or 0.47 per cent, to 3772.6 points. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 5.7 points, or 0.15 per cent, at 3,762.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 6.7 points, or 0.18 per cent, to 3,759.3 points. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 1201 AEST, the September share price ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... Daghlian said. Lower commodity prices overnight had hampered resources stocks. The world's largest miner, BHP Billiton, had fallen 48 cents, or 1.47 per cent, to $32.14, while Rio Tinto had lost $1.19, or 2.45 per cent, to $47.31 at 1202 AEST on the ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... sectors... and the rest of the market has duly followed." Mr Heffernan said it was disappointing that the major indices had fallen below 3800 points again, after not long ago almost touching 4000 points. Mining giant BHP Billiton dropped 81 cents, or ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... S&P/ASX200 index was down 80.1 points, or 2.03 per cent, at 3,874.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 75.7 points, or 1.92 per cent, to 3,872.1 points. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was ...