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Bad news sells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... depressed in August, says Westpac (The Australian) Rates outlook unnerves consumers (Australian Financial Review) Failure to win gold leaves Aussie consumers cold (ABC) Bad news sells, 'ey? There were a host of reasons cited for that 'woeful' consumer ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... Newcrest Mining shares rose 67 cents, or 2.75 per cent, to $25.00 after its full year profit rose 23 per cent due to rising gold prices. JB Hi-Fi shares were up 57 cents, or 6.18 per cent, after it said its full year profit had fallen five per cent but ...

Maybe next month

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) after its Board meet tomorrow. Australia's athletes may be struggling to capture gold at the London Olympics but as far as our economy goes, we're still top of the league. ================== You can read Ben Ong's ...

Vision for the future

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
Financial services minister Bill Shorten said that by 2017, the industry will be unrecognisable, predicting the age of commission-free super and greater convergence of retail and industry super funds. The minister said that within five years, the transition ...

Benchmarks stop us thinking: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
The shock of the GFC, the impacts of the Euro crisis and moribund world capital markets ever since are forcing institutional investors to confront the reality that their traditional investments models aren't working, said AXA Investment Managers. A ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher, despite falls on Wall Street overnight, as investors await the outcome of European Central Bank and Federal Reserve policy meetings it's hoped will result in stimulus measures. At 0805 AEST on ...

Going for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... cents to $30.36, while Rio Tinto losing $1.11 to $50.65. OZ Minerals lost 16 cents to $7.37 after announcing that copper and gold production was lower in the June quarter compared to the previous three months. Iron ore miner Atlas Iron dropped five cents ...

Offshore tax havens bank $32tr: report

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
A recent report has found that ultra high net worth people around the world may be holding as much as $32 trillion in offshore tax havens, depriving governments worldwide of as much as $250bn in tax revenues every year. The report's author told the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... $23.04, National Australia Bank lost 13 cents to $23.95 and Commonwealth Bank was 43 cents weaker at $55.47. The price of gold in Sydney was $US1582.18 per fine ounce, up $2.47 on Thursday's close of $US1,579.71. At 1054 AEST, national turnover was 328 ...