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Australia leads in global median wealth

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... as relatively low levels of credit card and student loan debt. Australia's proportion of individuals with personal wealth above US$100,000 is the highest of any country - eight times the world average. With 1.57 million Australians in the top 1% of global ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... Laker (APRA Chairman) and Greg Medcraft (ASIC Chairman). In Australia, the market on Tuesday hit at a 14-month high, closing above the 4500 level for the first time since August 2011. At the close of trade, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 23.4 ...

Time to buy the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... predict for this year is even higher than Premier Wen's target of 7.5%. What's more, next year's growth is expected to climb above 8%. What do you say to that, 'ey punk? To be sure, to be sure, these grim forecasts could have panned out exactly as predicted... ...

Data deluge delivers no clearer visibility

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... out of the world's biggest economy - the good 'ol US of A. We already know that the ISM manufacturing index jumped back above 50 to 51.5 in September after spending the previous three months submerged below it, signalling that the sector could be finding ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... health care stocks, where investors often retreat in a slow-growing economy, helped pull the Standard & Poor's 500 index above the break-even mark. The S&P 500 index gained 1.26 points to close at 1,445.75. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 32.75 ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... interest rates on the country's borrowings were "too high for too long". At the time, Spanish 10-year bond yields were trading above 6.0%. Would they, would they not? Spain will have plenty of opportunity this month. It could formally request for salvation ...

Two execs depart Telstra Super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... rank of 11 th. Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Diana Maloney was to retire. The copy above has been amended to reflect the correction.

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... are output and new orders. As well, employment shows a "change of direction" from downing to upping, and at 50.7 is now above the expansion mark. And oh, the US ISM manufacuring index -- that reliable leading indicator of the US economy -- has jumped ...

Greater uptake in global equities: Zurich

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... of seeking international returns. "According to the survey, almost 70% of advisers believe the Australian dollar will be above or at parity with the US dollar over the next 12 months. A strong dollar is definitely beneficial but Australians are much ...

Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... September (US$1.0435 is to A$1), our currency was 39% overvalued. For Goldman Sachs Asset Management Jim O'Neill, any number above one for one means an overvalued A$. It certainly looks that way when you account for the fear du' jour - that of a slowing ...