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BOE has a problem to smile about

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... Economics latest UK PMI readings. The country's manufacturing slowed in March from February but at 55.3 remains far above its long term average of 51.4. While the construction PMI also eased in March, the index had been at above 50 for 11 months ...

AFA focuses FSI submission on FoFA "misinformation campaign"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... misinformation" regarding financial advice. The AFA has listed this as its first demand in a 9-page submission to the FSI, above other recommendations such as reviewing education requirements for financial advisers or establishing a competitive landscape ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... about pushing this market higher, especially up to those fresh five-and-a-half-year highs, which are about one per cent above the levels that we've been at," Mr Le Brun said. "There's been some serious resistance around that level previously, so we're ...

Banks eye Google Glass as tech opportunity

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... Pocketbook chief executive Alvin Singh said. Singh said that only three of the top ten banking apps on Apple Store rate above four stars and none of them belong to any of Australia's Big Four banks.

Prescriptions galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014

Wanted: Money managers that are investors not product makers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... soul because for every stock they research they run a three year PE forecast and they'll only buy it if they can see upside above the market. This necessarily means DSM runs concentrated stock portfolios in each of the model portfolios it makes available ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... index of manufacturing activity came in at 50.3 for March, up slightly from February's eight-month low of 50.2. A figure above 50 points to growth. Locally, in economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release February ...

Considerable time to eliminate considerable slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... in February. While this measure has steadily come down from the peak 17.1% back in 2010, the current reading remains far above the 8% rate pre-GFC and even higher than the 10.3% top hit after America's recession in 2001. "Stagnant wages" - check. Average ...

Bubbling bubble?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... the highest level of neutral sentiment since April 14, 2005. It is also the 12th consecutive week with neutral sentiment above its historical average of 30.5%." Twelve weeks divided by four equals three months equals one quarter. Q1 stasis explained. ...

First quarter stasis and A$ ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... following RBA Governor Glen's remarks at a Credit Suisse conference in Hong Kong that the Australian economy could grow above trend in the next 12-24 months... and a lotta other "nice" things about the economy. Couple this with the prospect of "no China ...