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Equities don't work in retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... Cooper's comments illustrate the pressure super funds continue to be under with 10 year returns just 2.3 per cent per annum above inflation, according to figures released last week by Rainmaker and SelectingSuper. These returns are only 0.2 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... 2006. Taking into account job cuts of government workers, the economy added a total of 244,000 jobs overall last month, well above the 185,000 jobs that analysts had predicted. It was the third straight month with an increase of more than 200,000 jobs. ...

Backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... jobs a month to ensure that the recovery is sustainable? Well, here's news for you my dear friends, job creation had been above 200k for the past three consecutive months. USA is on its way! But speaking of backtracking, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... to 51.9 in April. Here again, there seems to be a code of silence behind the index's true signal. And this is, it remains above the 50 expansion/contraction line. It remains in expansion territory. It had been here for 17 consecutive months now. Shhh ...

May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... durable goods orders rose by 2.9 per cent in March and the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index remaining above 60 for the fourth straight month in April. Nothing's really changed with regards to first quarter US company profits. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... profit downgrades ahead of the upcoming reporting season, due to the strength of the dollar. "The Aussie dollar touching above $1.10 is giving the market a little bit of a concern," Ms Chan said. "It is a two speed economy here, locally it is pretty ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... published. HONG KONG - Asian stocks were mostly positive on Monday following news of the death of Osama bin Laden. Tokyo closed above 10,000 points on the back of a strengthening greenback amid optimism Wall Street shares would rise following the death ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... manufacturer Orica Ltd has reported an almost five-fold increase in first half net profit and says it expects full year profit above last fiscal year's performance. Shares in Orica were 20 cents weaker to $26.38. Gold surged to a record high on Friday ...

Less conflict, more interest: FOFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... mid-2013; a broad ban on volume-based payments from product providers to planners, and a ban on any 'soft-dollar' benefit above $300 from July next year. The much-debated opt-in scheme will also be in place following a transition period although the ...

FTSE launches ESG investment product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... Funds. Australia is rated 15th in the world according to FTSE4Good ESG ratings with an over all score of 2.93, marginally above the global average of 2.76. Norway tops the table with 3.73, followed by the Netherlands and Sweden. New Zealand is fifth. ...