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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... major hurdles with bad debt and the weak housing market. Many analysts expect the market's run will slow - but perhaps not stop - as investors shift their holdings from industries where the gains have been strong, like technology, to other areas which ...

Wealth effect turns positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... ultimately become a drag on economic growth. The same risk was also clear and present during the 1990/91 recession -- it didn't stop the economy from growing and the stock markets from jumping did it? And shortly after, unemployment rates fell to record ...

Yin to market yang

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... subscribed to the crisis being "global" anyway, referring to it as a Western financial crisis. He also said investors need to stop defining China as part of the emerging markets, another misnomer about China's place in a client's long-term investment ...

Playing chicken with tyres

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
Don't look now but the debate as to what letter of the alphabet the global recovery will take - U, V or W - could all turn out to be wrong. It could be an L with the horizontal part of the letter longer and downward sloping. Trust politicians to try ...

Expect the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... their present entitlement to health care insurance retained. The gall of these people! Republicans claim the bill would not stop some 'illegals' from getting insurance. Then there'll be protests and counter-protests when CEO pay and bonuses, bank capitalisation ...

Depends on the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... 2009 turns into 2010 before lifting the cost of borrowing. Maybe not. Consumers are just taking a break after shopping non-stop for three consecutive months. They are still optimistic. Australian consumer confidence surged to a two-year high in September. ...

Identity thieves target planner clients

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
Do you save your clients' details correctly, or keep their information under lock and key? Planning firms, like many other Australian businesses, are increasingly targeted by criminals looking to steal clients' personal details. According to Crime Stoppers ...

Faster contributions processing at SuperChoice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... validation information, in addition to existing online validation capabilities of the SuperChoice clearinghouse, which can help stop errors before they happen. "Lack of upfront validation is responsible for incorrect contribution data, duplicate accounts ...

Stop illegal early release of super: ASIC

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
ASIC has fired its warning shot on illegal early release on super - and is appealing to trustees to help plug increasing cases spurred by losses from the GFC. ASIC is concerned that the current market conditions are contributing to an increase in the ...

Ipac funnels $50m into alts

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... said. Rogers pointed out there were only 40 companies in the top 200 that have investment grade debt, but that should not stop opportunistic investors from tapping into other non-rated debts, providing they do their research. However he also warns on ...