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Make love not leverage

... more signals that the comatose US economy is beginning to stir. The ISM manufacturing survey unexpectedly rose to 36.3 in March. Although still below the 50 expansion/contraction mark, the index's improvement over the past three months suggest that the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... negative news on employment, with the ADP National Employment Report showing private sector employment dropped by 742,000 in March - higher than anticipated. Better news on housing, construction and manufacturing saw buying increase. The Institute for ...

ANZ sheds planning staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... for financial planners." ANZ released a media statement regarding media speculation around job losses and offshoring in March this year. The media release said ANZ had not announced any job losses in Australia related to offshoring and employment in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... ended on Tuesday. The gains came despite more bleak US consumer confidence and housing data. Consumer confidence was flat in March, according to research group The Conference Board, while home prices in the 20 largest cities fell by a record 19 per cent ...

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... Reserve manufacturing survey which showed the index of manufacturing activity improved significantly to a reading of -20 in March from -51 in February and expectations of a -51 reading. US new home sales rose by 4.7 per cent to an annualized pace of ...

Go for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... ounce mark. Last night, it closed above US$960 and ounce and looks poised to test the all-time high of US$1,011.6 reached in March 2008. The current global financial crisis has again made gold golden. The freshly minted 1.25 trillion US dollars only ...

Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... previous month and a 1.3 percentage point rise from a year ago. This is the highest in almost four years (5.2 per cent in March 2005). Even worse - the financial presses pointed out - was the loss of 53,800 full-time jobs during the month. We have to ...

The Ides of March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... cent. Why has the market's mood changed overnight? Economic data that were poor in January and February remained poor in March. The US housing market was, and continues to be, in the dumps. The banking and financial sectors are in distress. Businesses ...

Adviser charged for contempt of court

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... found guilty in June 1999, March 2000 and August 2001. Matthews served a three months jail sentence for contempt of court in March 2000. The matter has been adjourned for a hearing on penalty on 19 March 2009.

A centre for managed futures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... Group's oldest fund, Superfund Q-AG, returned 18.5 per cent per annum net of all fees over the 12 years since inception in March 1996. "Fundamental to the performance of managed futures is the detection of sufficiently strong trends in either direction," ...