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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... Treasury Bond line. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is to take up $50 million of the issue. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) issues data on construction work done in the September quarter. In equities news, Programmed Maintenance Services ...

Fed & RBA on the ball

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... rates on Melbourne Cup Day... but then it did? Latest wages data show that it got it right. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' Labour Price Index surged by 1.1 per cent in the September quarter - the fastest quarterly growth since December 2008. Over ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... a speech to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia in Western Australia, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics issues figures on merchandise imports in October and on average weekly earnings in August. In equities news, annual general ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... price index contract was 68 points lower at 4,645 points. In economics news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases its Labour Price Index for the September quarter, and the Department of Employment, Education and Workplace Relations ...

Industry fund members switch to SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... segment of the superannuation market. For instance, there were over 420,000 SMSFs at the end of June, according to ATO statistics - 20,000 more than the prior corresponding period. By contrast, not-for-profit funds continue to consolidate as scale and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... share price index contract was 19 points lower at 4,689 points. In economics news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases lending finance data for September. The ABS is also set to release sales of new motor vehicles for October. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... price index contract was 25 points higher at 4,741 points. In economics news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases labour force data for October 2010. The Melbourne Institute releases its survey of consumer inflationary expectations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... price index contract was 12 points lower at 4,740 points. In economics news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases Housing Finance for September, and Westpac and the Melbourne Institute issue their Survey of Consumer Sentiment. The ...

Politics shape investment choices: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... leading to choices of familiar, local stocks and picked active mutual funds with high fees. The researchers looked at statistics from the UBS/Gallup Investor Optimism Survey between 1991 to 2002 as the Democrats and Republicans each took turns in office. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... price index contract was eight points higher at 4,735 points. In economics news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases International Trade in Goods and Services and Retail Trade data, both for September. The Federal Chamber of Automotive ...