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Market anxiety shrouds SMSF appetite for equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... to make investors far more reluctant to invest in risk assets. "When you look at the official Australian Tax Office statistics, the average SMSF holds around 30% in equities. That is down somewhat on the pre-GFC level of 35%," he said. "What we do know ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... share price index futures contract was up 25 points at 4,414. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release the wage price index for September quarter while the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... share price index futures contract was up five points at 4,462. In economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics posts lending finance figures for September and National Australia Bank releases its monthly business survey for October. ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... share price index futures contract was down 15 points at 4,469. In economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases housing finance data for September. In company news, Orica will release its full year results. Origin Energy and ...

Financial Standard names FS Smileys finalists

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... stories show that social media has moved on from being a nice-to-have to a must-have," she said. Latest social media statistics suggest if financial advisers want more face time with existing or prospective clients, they'll have more chances of doing ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... in overseas markets tonight when they open," Mr Heffernan said. Still to come on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to publish employment figures for October, at 1130 AEDT. Market consensus is for the economy to have added 5,000 jobs ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... share price index futures contract was down 33 points at 4,463. In economic news on Thursday, the Australia Bureau of Statistics is due to releast labour force statistics for October. In equities news, Specialty Fashion Group is due to hold its annual ...

Western recovery expected to lift Asian stocks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... disproportionate benefit." He added that he is surprised that analysts have obsessed over China's short-term growth statistics and says there is no reason to suppose that Asia's rapid growth over the past 60 years will not continue with GDP for the region ...

Market Wrap early AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... (RBA) holds its monthly board meeting and makes its November interest rate decision, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its house price indexes for September quarter. In equities news, a directions hearing is due in the Supreme Court ...

A week full of question marks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Now what's wrong this time? The US Bureau of Labor Statistics released the 'mother-of-all-economic statistics' at the end of last week's trading and it was good. But how did Mr. Market react? He thought it was good too until... he didn't. The S&P 500 ...