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Tme to get fiscal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... that of 12 months prior. Seems like the RBA rate cut, falling oil prices, rising house and stock prices are getting very little bang for their buck. Makes me wonder if consumers and businesses would change their behaviour and outlook should the RBA cut ...

A little tweet told me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
"Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception." -Sophocles Breakfast wasn't nice for me yesterday. Nah, Virginia, it wasn't because the toast was burnt or the bacon and eggs semi-cooked. It's because I was eating my own words with my foot in my ...

Westpac, Count on ASIC radar over complex product advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... HSBC, ASIC found that where the scope of advice was restricted to a single HSBC structured product, advisers had obtained little or no information about clients' relevant personal circumstances. A review of a sample of relevant client files found that ...

Brady Bunch as useful as market commentary: Shane Oliver

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
The proliferation of news and market information in the always connected digital age is doing little to improve performance for most investors, according to AMP head of investment strategy and chief economist Shane Oliver. Shedding light on the amount ...

BOJ optimistic as forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... expansion target from A¥60 trillion to A¥80 trillion not even a month later on 31 October. So far the BOJ's got precious little something to show for all its optimism. Sure, the drop in the yen has boosted exports and Japanese exporters' profitability ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... was up 55.6 points, or 0.95 per cent, at 5,877.9 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have recovered from early losses to finish little-changed as Federal Reserve meeting minutes suggested it would wait longer before raising interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Super only 35% of retirement nest egg

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... Australians don't believe that superannuation will provide adequately for their retirement and expect that it will contribute a little more than one third of their retirement nest egg, ING Direct research revealed. Superannuation is expected to represent ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... Japan Post is giving confidence to the market as a whole. Mr Spooner said resource stocks opened fairly flat. "We had a little bit of softness in the metals prices last night," he said. "Copper in particular was another disappointing set of data from ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... eurozone. Athens' main index lost 2.45 per cent to end Tuesday at 838.61 points, while the main exchanges closed mixed but little changed. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 0.60 per cent to stand at 6,898.13 points at the end of trading. Frankfurt's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open a little higher despite European markets closing slightly off after disappointing bailout package talks between the European Union and Greece. At 0807 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract ...