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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... supermarkets. On Monday, Australian shares closed at a 14-week low as fears of a nuclear catastrophe in Japan battered investor confidence. The Australian bourse managed to claw back some of its earlier losses after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) injected $181 ...

Fiducian on growth path

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... Singh, managing director, Fiducian. Singh said that while intermittent share market volatility has impacted on investor confidence, investment experts are forecasting stronger share markets in 2011, which should increase investor confidence again In ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... Macquarie Private Wealth adviser Helen Spencer said the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt had buoyed investor confidence globally. "There's no doubt that with things calming in Egypt somewhat, risk appetite has increased," she said. "Following ...

Value a plus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... cent. Barring exogenous shocks (perhaps, a Spanish default?) that could send volatility soaring and shatter investor confidence, sub-par global economic growth should be no hindrance to further gains in international equities this year.

Instos want more rewards for low-carbon assets

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... returns, international agreement on climate financial architecture for major environmental issues to "bolster investor confidence, and allow financing to flow". Finally the group asks for international finance tools to reduce the high levels of risk ...

Platinum feels the force of term deposits

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... investment returns and low volatility augur well for increasing our share of this market." "By contrast, retail investor confidence both globally and in Australia remains fragile. In the US, equity mutual funds flows have been negative for 23 consecutive ...

Investor confidence shaken, and stirred

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Despite better economic numbers from the US and at home, Australians are less confident about their finances today than they were three months ago, a study found. The Suncorp Life Confidence Index fell 1.5 points fell from 60.9 in April 2010 to 59.4 ...

Aussie equities get clean bill of health

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... Australia, retail investors are "relatively slow" on the uptake. "The retail market has been relatively slow, investor confidence has been shaken over the last two or three years," said Hershan. "The institutional market is always quite active, there ...

Timing the market still a tough game: survey

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... the fact it's no longer the top-tip for many suggests the ongoing debate around mining taxes is undermining investor confidence," continued Land. Intergenerational change was another theme from the survey with "generation X superseding the "baby boomers" ...

Looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... unbiased judgment to the very companies they were standing in judgment upon." Still in Europe, Germany's ZEW investor confidence index fell for a third straight month to a 15-month low of 21.2 in July from 28.7 in the previous month. You want more -- ...