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AIOFP elects new board for PCM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... the Association of Independently-Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) have elected a new board to oversee its product manufacturing arm, Personal Choice Management, ahead of a bidding war on which platforms will manage around $4 billion of fund inflows on ...

Our fearful trip is done

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... sailing analogy, the RBA created waves in every port. Suddenly the disappointment over the weaker-than-expected ISM manufacturing survey and the poor US non-farm payrolls report for September did not matter. "The port is near, the bells I hear, the people ...

Shadow of a doubt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... today. This was to be expected for the US economic numbers - released while we were sleeping - were good. The ISM non-manufacturing index jumped into growth territory, 50.9, in September after 11 straight months of contraction. This was up from 48.4 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... Wall Street shares tumbled as an unexpected jump in weekly initial jobless claims and a disappointing survey on manufacturing stoked concerns over economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average skidded 203.00 points, or 2.09 per cent, to settle ...

October - an E (entry/exit) point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... fall in stock market prices is explained by last night's US data releases. The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index disappointed expectations, falling to 52.6 in September from 52.9 in the previous month. Interpretation: growth will ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... shares tumbled on Thursday as an unexpected jump in weekly initial jobless claims and a disappointing survey on manufacturing stoked concerns over economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average skidded 203.00 points, or 2.09 per cent, to settle ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... 4739. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) for September is published. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its engineering construction ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... high. Investor sentiment turned negative after US stocks closed lower on Friday following disappointing reports on manufacturing and home sales. At 1200 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 62.6 points, or 1.33 per cent, at 4650.7 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... six months as investors make bets that the economy is healing, bolstered by improving activity in the housing and manufacturing industries and better consumer sentiment. With stocks up more than 50 per cent since bottoming in early March, analysts say ...

Wealth effect turns positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... housing activity - increased by 2.7 per cent during the month. You want more? Similar to the improvement in the other manufacturing surveys we saw over the past few weeks, the Philadelphia Fed's index on manufacturing jumped to 14.1 in September - the ...