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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 -- ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... debt rating, sparking fresh concerns about the eurozone. Traders also took in their stride news of plunging investor confidence in eurozone powerhouse, Germany. In London the FTSE 100 index added 104 points, or 2.01 per cent, to close at 5,271.02 points. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... decision at 1430 AEST. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is scheduled to release its survey of investor confidence for the June quarter, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics issues data for international trade in goods and services ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... billion Hong Kong dollars ($A8.43 billion). SHANGHAI - Chinese shares fell for a sixth day Wednesday amid weak investor confidence following Wall Street's overnight decline. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 28.68 points, or 1.18 per cent ...

No complaints for HK regulator

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... changes are managed properly, sensibly and transparently, we will find new business opportunities and re-build investor confidence," he said. Wheatley said the SFC would continue to work with other regulators worldwide to harmonise standards and approaches ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open in positive territory after investor confidence boost US stocks overnight. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 59 points higher at 4,642 points. In economics ...