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Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... improved the competitiveness and profit outlook among Japanese exporters that, in turn, has the Nikkei-225 index soaring above 20,000 for the first time in 15 years. The Nikkei's up 14.7% this year to date after gaining 7.1% last year and surging by ...

Tech stock tech stock (tick tock tick tock)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015

Overseas investors flocking to Australian bonds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... recently the flows in to Aussie dollar assets were also being seen from Europe and it explains why the exchange rate is above "fundamental value". "In time and perhaps suddenly, the Aussie dollar will respond to what has happened to commodity prices ...

Hockey slams Labor super tax proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
Treasurer Joe Hockey has responded to Labor's suggestion of a 15% tax on super earnings above $75,000, saying, "Labor's default position is always to increase taxes." In an interview, Hockey said he hadn't looked at the "details" of Labor's announcement ...

Go flip a coin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... mud for like the title of that hit sitcom show of the early to mid noughties, "Malcolm in the Middle", for which the song above was written... the RBA's in the middle. Looking at the top line headline CPI inflation measure would give a resounding "yes" ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... The euro slid to $US1.0728 compared with $US1.0735 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Tokyo's Nikkei shares ended above 20,000 for the first time in 15 years as the country recorded its first trade surplus for almost three years, while the euro ...

ALP outlines superannuation tax policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... outlined by shadow Treasury spokesperson Chris Bowen who said it has two key elements: tax retirement earnings that are above $75,000 at the concessional 15% rate, and lower the threshold for the 15% High Income Superannuation Charge from $300,000 to ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... Initial claims for US unemployment insurance benefits rose to 294,000 last week, their highest level in six weeks and well above estimates, according to Labor Department data. Equity markets in Britain, France and Germany fell sharply on concerns about ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... Australia Bank had shed 45 cents to $38.98, and Westpac had retreated 65 cents to $38.91. A recovery in iron ore prices to above $US50 a tonne overnight boosted the big miners. BHP Billiton added 49 cents to $29.61, Rio Tinto gained $1.11 to $56.07 ...

Q1 earnings expectations get rub down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... S&P 500 index is overvalued no matter how you cut it - the forward P/E ratio which is currently at 16.7 times earnings is above its 5-year average of 13.7 times and 10-year average of 14.1 and 15-year average of 15.8; the trailing P/E ratio now at 20.4 ...