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Fear not the fugly jobs report

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... slightly lower after disappointing US jobs figure. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Hefferan said the most recent US employment figures may have fallen short of expectations but had followed two months of very strong growth. "The US economy, in my ...

In praise of the gloom and doomers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... market," she said. Ms Roadley said the big event for traders to watch on Thursday would be the release of official employment figures for November. The big banks were mostly higher, with the exception of the Commonwealth, which lost 34 cents to $74.16. ...

Think Holden, think not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... chief economist Saul Eslake, the country's car and car components manufacturing industry accounts for only 0.4% of employment and contributes 0.4% to overall economic output. And this from JP Morgan chief economist Stephen Walters: Holden's closure could ...

"People who complain are gotten rid of": ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... was "reprimanded by for seeking this advice and my concerns used as a reason to place me on probation. To retain my employment I was directed to "improve" my handling of such matters."

Unwind for Xmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... begins, is it not? If I also remember right, markets were under pressure early last week because of fear of taper if US employment rises above 200K. Well, the November jobs report showed not only employment growing by much more - 203K - over the month ...

Former CFSGAM exec joins Frontier Advisors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... Frontier hired a former Ibbotson Associates executive as a senior consultant. "Industry funds are seen as a really good employment choice at the moment, particularly in Melbourne. Talking to the CEOs that we work with, any advertised position gets a ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... slightly lower with overnight falls in overseas markets offset by strong commodity prices. Strong US economic data on employment numbers and new home sales weighed on stocks as investors weighed whether that meant an end to its money printing program. ...

Performance, fees still major retention risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
... financial advice is predominantly a service utilised by people in the top 40% of incomes, noted the research. Even though employment is the main reason people switch super funds, the importance of this factor has fallen from 84% in 2005 to 63% in 2013 ...