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Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... one, not too hot, not too cold. Employment increased by 223K in April and the unemployment rate dipped to 5.4% from 5.5% in March. Good but not enough to sway the Fed to lift-off in June. This is because the April bounce in employment is regarded as ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... spot" for Wall Street, said David Levy, portfolio manager at Kenjol Capital Management. The report was much better than in March, but "was not so strong as to suggest the Federal Reserve may actually raise rates next month," he said. Many economists ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... Investors are now absorbing news that the official jobless rate has risen to 6.2 per cent in April from 6.1 per cent in March. The unemployment rate is unlikely to make much of difference to an already weak session, Phillip Capital senior client adviser ...

Vanguard overtakes PIMCO as largest bond manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... ($1.99 trillion). Vanguard's total assets under management including equities and fixed income funds were $4 trillion in March 31, 2015. In Australia, Vanguard's total funds under management were $85 billion and it was managing $12.8 billion in fixed ...

CML launches $25m corporate bond issue

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... Finance Australia. The CML Group bond issue is the fourth that FIIG has arranged in six weeks, following successful issues in March by MoneyTech ($25 million), McPhersons ($60 million) and Dicker Data ($40 million.)

Financial services SMEs top confidence survey

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... sector has ranked number one for optimism in the latest survey of SMEs conducted by Bibby Financial Services. Conducted in March, the Bibby Barometer survey quizzed 620 smaller companies (defined as having fewer than 200 employees) about their expectations ...

RBA cuts as expected, A$ does the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... imports increasing by 1.8%. Last night's US trade data showing an upward revision in the trade deficit to US$51.4 billion in March - the biggest gap since October 2008 -- from the initial estimate of US$42.0 billion could bring that 0.2% first quarter ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... stocks. US petrol prices have risen 10 per cent in the last month. Analysts also cited a sharp rise in the US trade deficit in March and the growing rift between Greece and its creditors over the terms of a bailout. Losses were broad-based with virtually ...

Will nice numbers make RBA a bad guy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... two and a half years.A This more than reversed the previous month's 1.3% fall and quickening the annual pace from 6.6% in March to 7.3%. And we all know what jobs do - people with jobs are more confident about spending more. This, in turn, makes businesses ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... the gains as "momentum buying" after the Commerce Department said new orders for manufactured goods rose 2.1 per cent in March, after seven straight months of declines. US stocks traded in positive territory all day. The advance marked the second day ...