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No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... selected quotes from the RBA's August Monetary Policy Statement: "Australia's trading partner growth is forecast to be a little above its long-run average in 2014 and 2015. The slight strengthening in growth compared with recent years reflects the expectation ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... McCarthy said. "We have essentially defied gravity the last few days despite some pullbacks in the region but are having a little bit of a reality check today," he told AAP. The trading range is tight among the sectors, with only telecommunication stocks ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... June. That's the highest rate since the 45.5% rate in December last year. Declining real wages, rising savings rate equals little, if at all, spending. Time for more arrows before the sun sets. Ready, aim...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... All Ordinaries index was up 14.4 points, or 0.26 per cent, at 5,648.9 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street shares have ended little-changed in light trade, one day after the S&P 500 closed above the 2000 milestone for the first time. The broad-market benchmark ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... speeches to listen to (or transcripts to pore over)... they enjoy their weekend getaway at the Hole, we enjoy ours in our own little digs. But in a way, the pooh-bahs repeating and reiterating their known known policy stances gives Virginia, I and Irene ...

Consumers have no loyalty to financial institutions

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... the major banks deals with more than four institutions across their full range of financial services. This shows there is little loyalty towards any one institution, Roy Morgan has concluded. Of the ten major banking groups in Australia, Citigroup customers ...

Brumbie: Super idea, super silly reaction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... changed since then that none of this much matters anymore. Australia is on its way to 12% SG and the problem will not be too little superannuation but too much going into it especially when young super savers will soon have $100,000 HECS debts festering ...

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... top-level coordination and accompanied by numerous vehicles with official Russian military plates brought back memories of the "little green men" involved in the annexation of Crimea back in March. Wearing green uniforms without insignia, those men claimed ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the bank's headline result had not met market expectations. "The market is a little bit lower... because of the Commonwealth Bank results, which is a bit different to what I expected." he said. "Despite the ...

Australian Ethical launches country's first ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... universe is considerably more discerning than a mainstream bond fund. For example, Commonwealth government bonds represent a little less than 40% of the Trust's assets," Macri continued. "The Trust does not possess an overarching thematic. Its aim is ...