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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up one point at 5,411. In the US, the Case-Shiller index for home prices in 20 leading US cities fell 0.1 per cent in December, the second straight monthly decline. Investors were also ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... Unemployment claims fell last week but not as much as anticipated. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve's manufacturing index for the mid-Atlantic region unexpectedly plunged into negative territory, at -6.3 in February from 9.4 in January. LONDON - Europe's ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... share price index futures contract was down 99 points, at 5,046. Data earlier showed that China's purchasing managers index for manufacturing, fell to 50.5 in January from 51.0 in December and 51.4 in November. The Institute for Supply Management reported ...

Of horse trades and the January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... nutshell, it postulates that where January goes (either the first five days or the entire month), so goes the S&P 500 index for the year - and where Wall Street goes... Where did the S&P 500 end up in the first five days of January? Down 0.67%! To borrow ...

SMSFs eye offshore assets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... in November compared to 174 points for all active investors in the same period. This marks the highest level of the Index for HNW investors to date. The CGIII Report, produced each month by Investment Trends, collates the views of over 700 actively engaged ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... six-week low, with better-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data unable to inspire investors. HSBC's purchasing managers' index for China, released on Monday, slipped to 50.8 in November from 50.9 in October, on a 100-point scale. Numbers above 50 ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... strong gains this year. Markets meanwhile shrugged off a fall in the Fed's Empire State Manufacturing business condition index for November, which dropped to a negative 2.21 from a positive 1.52 in October, the first time in negative territory since ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... 23,036.94. The non-manufacturing numbers indicated the economy is showing signs of strength. The ISM purchasing managers' index for the service sector rose to 55.4 per cent in October - up from a September reading of 54.4 per cent and much higher than ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... of commodity prices for month just ended, the Australian Industry Group posts the performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for the month just ended, while the RP Data-Rismark Home Value Index for September is due out, as is the producer price index for ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... expected by analysts. Locally, in economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases consumer price index for September quarter. In equities news, Origin Energy, AGL, Super Retail Group, Treasury Wine Estates, Mortgage Choice and ...