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Thank you RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... of the recent negative stats in turn. News of job losses - Pacific Brand, Macquarie, ANZ, Telstra, car parts makers, etc. Grim news indeed because one job lost in one industry reduces the demand for another leading to one or two workers getting the pink ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... Europe's stock markets were mixed on Thursday, with slight gains in London and Frankfurt despite ongoing nerves over the grim economic climate and varying results from some big companies. London's FTSE 100 index closed up 11.54 points, or by 0.29 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... Tuesday's deadline that they can repay billions of dollars in loans and return to profitability. The market also got some grim economic news on Tuesday: the New York Federal Reserve's regional manufacturing index showed a much deeper contraction in activity ...

Gloves off ahead of APRA report

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... perversely, that's cost us." With the global bonds portfolio taking a hit, the fund's global equities portfolio looked just as grim. "When you have de-leveraging and people selling whatever they can, price becomes irrelevant...active management in those ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... points, or 1.79 per cent, to 2,982.39. TOKYO - The Nikkei stock average fell 0.6 per cent in choppy trade on Tuesday, with grim earnings outlooks offsetting optimism after the Bank of Japan said it would buy up to $US11 billion ($A17.41 billion) worth ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... a record $US7.8 billion ($A12.29 billion) loss amid a deepening global recession, while a string of other companies with grim earnings outlooks also tumbled. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei index fell 120.07 points to 7,873.98. HONG KONG ...

TTR strategies need more attention

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... self-fund their retirement are "first rate", he said, so investors should be gearing up to take advantage of them. But due to the grim investment landscape, the tax effectiveness of superannuation investments and tax free pensions have been put aside. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average fell 4.9 per cent to its lowest close in over a month on Thursday, battered by an increasingly grim take on the global economy and a record fall in Japanese machinery orders that dented investor confidence. The benchmark ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... on Wednesday, as exporters such as Sony Corp rebounded after falls the day before but worry about earnings amid a wave of grim profit forecasts limited gains. The benchmark Nikkei edged up 24.54 points to 8,438.45. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang Seng ...

Planners spared AMP job cuts

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... at this stage. This is good news for AMP planners who can breathe a sigh of relief as they prepare their businesses for a grim looking 2009. "Our outlook is unchanged. We don't anticipate any changes to our planner numbers or the way we service our planners. ...