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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... high," he told AAP. A focus on Friday will be the release of Chinese data including the important gross domestic product (GDP) growth, which would boost markets if the figure is high. All sectors on the ASX were higher in early trading, with the gold ...

Calendar says buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... like Xmas. Never you mind that S&P Ratings Services calculates that the 16-day shutdown sliced 0.6% off US fourth quarter GDP growth from around 2.2% to 1.6%. That sort of growth keeps Fed taper at bay. Financial markets now expect the Fed to begin tapering ...

Unthinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... rates), or about 20%. Both the amount and the suddenness are stunning. Cutting federal spending that much would likely reduce GDP by more than 4.5%-in an economy that is barely managing 2% growth rates. That spells recession." "Most of the negative impact ...

Bears out a-haunting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... overnight, the IMF warned that, "Reassessment of US sovereign risk could reduce global output by several percentage points of GDP" and that "... failure to promptly raise the debt ceiling, leading to a US selective default, could seriously damage the ...

ISN becomes Industry Super Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... Whiteley said. "Australia's superannuation savings pool is worth $1.6 trillion, and superannuation savings now exceed annual GDP." ISA represents five million members of industry super funds, who work for 600,000 Australian employers. "We've been successful ...

Gone fishin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013

Asia-Pacific HNWI wealth growth triple global average

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... 2012 the region's HNWI population grew by 9.4% to reach 3.68 million and wealth grew by 12.2% to US$12 trillion, driven by GDP growth of 5.5%, which is more than double the global average. Strong equity and real estate market performance across the region ...

SMSF sector to blitz competition by 2017

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013

Taper? What taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013

OMTs - one year on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... improvement in the region's economy. This is no better highlighted than in the Eurozone's National Accounts that showed real GDP growth expanded by 0.3% in the second quarter - the first expansion in the economy after one and half years of contraction.A ...