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Positive spin to bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... lowest reading in 10 months. Borrowing from Croc Dundee, "you call that a reason to sell?" "This is a reason to sell." Last night, the Commerce Department reported a drop in new home sales. Oh sorry...it wasn't just a drop, it was a tumble to record ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... 0.23 per cent, to 3,715.68. TOKYO - Japanese shares closed down 1.48 per cent, tracking losses on Wall Street the previous night on a weak reading of US consumer confidence, with the strong yen weighing on exporters. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark ...

SPAA names award winners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... Knight Financial Planning and Shirley Schaefer, treasurer of SPAA's South Australian state chapter, were recognised at last night's SPAA awards. Brisbane-based, Mason Cox, received the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) ...

Good news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... Another day, another good day on Wall Street overnight. It could not be any different given the good omens provided by last night's US economic data releases. Remember that inventory de-stocking that was prevalent over the past months? Seems that American ...

Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... financial market still watching the thrills and spills of the Greek tragedy unfold before their very eyes. Reports last night tell a story of European finance ministers giving a one-month lifeline - 16 March 2010 - to prepare more budget measures if ...

Change of heart

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... These, in turn, are undermining the euro's strength or more accurately, weakening the euro. Further sales of the euro last night sent the European common currency down to its lowest level in nine months. I wonder what foreign central banks are thinking ...

AMP raises Horizons intake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
AMP is increasing the intake to the Horizons Financial Planning Academy by 50 per cent to cope with demand. Tim Steele, director at AMP Horizons, said the bank is increasing the planner intake from 80 to 130 for the year. He said just under 200 financial ...

Fin services execs rock on for charity

... have a secret identity - analysts, fund managers, financial planners and business development managers by day, rockstars by night. The Financial Industry Community Aid Programme (FICAP), developed in 2006 by a group of financial services professionals ...

Hartsuyker takes aim at govt reviews

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... to invest in superannuation by creating an uncertain regulatory environment. Speaking at a Pritchitt Partners event last night, Hartsuyker, said the government has a responsibility to foster investor confidence and provide regulatory certainty. "Government's ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... buoyed the market. "The global manufacturing data we got from pretty much all around the world was very, very strong last night," Mr Weston said. "We do still have quite a few downside risks in the market, you can't rule that out, but at least in the ...