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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The Australian share market is trading higher, boosted by a lift in US markets and better-than-expected domestic unemployment figures. Australia's unemployment rate fell to 5.8 per cent in March, and the number of people with jobs rose 18,100 in the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
The share market is lower as investors follow a negative lead from Wall Street's last session. Friday's big drop in high-growth companies in the US overshadowed a solid US jobs report, Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said. "It was momentum stocks ...

Viable SMSF size underestimated

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
The size at which a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) becomes a viable alternative to regular funds may be considerably higher than the industry currently estimates due to the impact of scale on performance. The industry typically advises that ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street tumbled more than 2.5 per cent despite solid jobs data. At 0645 AEDT on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down 41 points at 5,381. The US Department of Labor reported ...

Super returns up slightly to 12.8pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
The SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index recovered slightly during February to return 12.8% up from 12.5% at end January albeit this is still sharply down from December's 16.1%. Underpinning the results are that the rolling ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
Only 2 economists out of the 57 in Bloomberg's survey and just 2 - perhaps the same 2 - out of 72 economist polled by Reuters got it wrong. Think it's safe to say that these two economists (or four, in case they aren't the same two) expected the European ...

Sinodinos says six figure AWH salary was 'reasonable'

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
Former assistant treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has said he found it "reasonable" he was paid a salary of $200,000 per year as chairman of Australian Water Holdings (AWH), a role that involved between 25 and 44 hours of work every year. Sinodinos, was on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher after markets in the United States continued their rise overnight. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the local market's opening trade was looking pretty good after encouraging US jobs and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a positive lead from international markets after data showed a pickup in US job creation. At 0812 AEDT on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 5,417. Payrolls ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
The share market is in positive territory, but finding resistance against any sizeable gains. Despite a strong lead from US and European markets, higher iron ore prices and speculation that global miner BHP Billiton is considering demerging some assets ...