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Get on board super reforms: Shorten

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
Bill Shorten, the newly-appointed Minister for Superannuation and Financial Services, re-affirmed the government's plan to raise SG to 12 per cent and implement key reforms proposed in the Cooper Review. Speaking at an industry luncheon hosted by the ...

Meaning to the meaningless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... none. Investors are simply treading water while they wait for the US Federal Reserve and its QE2. Tomorrow's data on US retail sales, consumer confidence, Empire State manufacturing and the budget statement should provide better indications if we are ...

Torturing the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... average 74 points seen during previous recessions and so far away from the 90-point level during economic expansions. US retail sales increased by 0.4 per cent in July, better than expectations for a 0.3 per cent rise. How dare it go against a slowdown ...

Pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... were viewed as relatively modest and as not warranting policy accommodation beyond that already in place." Next excuse. US retail sales declined by a bigger-than-expected 0.5 per cent in June following a 1.1 per cent drop in the previous month. Even ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... European stock markets also closed narrowly mixed, with investors preferring to take profits on recent gains as weak US retail sales figures, a key indicator, dented confidence. The sharp recovery last week, helped by strong results from US chip giant ...

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... growing fast enough? Where the bloody hell were they? But I discovered that just as employment is a lagging indicator, US retail spending led consumer confidence in the 1990 and 2001 recessions. A case perhaps of consumers engaging in retail therapy? ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... great run" on Tuesday. "I think we'll be treading water for the remainder of the week ahead of key Chinese data and US retail sales, which are the focus of the global market," Ms Saly said. "The fact we are only slightly weaker is quite positive and ...

Wall Street beauties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... reported 'softened' economic conditions." Last month only nine of the 12 regions reported "modest" improvement. Pretty. US retail sales rose by 1.6 per cent in March -- better than market expectations for a 1.2 per cent rise -- and 7.6 per cent higher ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... get earnings season underway. The markets started their upward journey in early trade, receiving a jolt from news that US retail sales rose in March for the third consecutive month, by a greater than anticipated 1.6 per cent. Markets were also boosted ...

Don't know where to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... it. A week that told us the same story. But the week is not over for Wall Street yet. It'll be a big one tonight with US retail sales, consumer confidence and business inventories slated for release. We may finally see some real direction. But then again ...