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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... market on Thursday closed flat, held back by weakness among the major banks and expectations of a pause on interest rate cuts following the release of encouraging jobs figures. The unemployment rate fell to 5.5 per cent in April, with the total number ...

Investors need income rethink after RBA rate cut

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... was entering an environment where the RBA will look to support a transition towards non-mining sectors with additional rate cuts in the future. Perpetual head of investment market research Matthew Sherwood also said that Australian investors should expect ...

RBA to raise rates in Wayne's world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... speculations over what the RBA's decision would be after lunchtime today. In Wayne's world, if budget surpluses equal rate cuts, then deficits equal... There you go.

Reversal of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... rate fell. Plus, the aggregate monthly hours worked dropped. You know what follows don't you now Virginia? Interest rate cuts are back on the RBA's 'to do' list. It has to or the growing number of forecasters forecasting that the unemployment rate would ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... for release. The market on Thursday closed lower as better than expected jobs data dented the chance of more interest rate cuts. The S&P/ASX200 index lost 60.2 points, or 1.2 per cent, to 5,032.2 and the All Ordinaries dropped 60.6 points, also 1.2 per ...

Super fund return expectations unrealistic

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... hard to argue for fixed income assets on a yield basis though they serve as a useful hedge," he explained. "Interest rate cuts from the RBA will cause a natural drift into equities as the risk-free rate comes under pressure and there will be pressure ...

Interest rate cuts drive SMSFs to FI, property

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Interest rate cuts in December 2012 drove Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) trustees from cash holdings to fixed interest and direct property investments, Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey found. Cash holdings fell 1.9% to 24.5% in the December ...

Bell Direct ranked top online broker

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... New Year has brought a sizeable lift in share trading volumes as retail investors re-engage with the market. "Interest rate cuts over the past year have resulted in lower returns from more traditional fixed interest investments, so it is not surprising ...

Bell Direct ranked top online broker

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... brought a sizeable lift in share trading volumes as retail investors re-engage with the market," he said. "Interest rate cuts over the past year have resulted in lower returns from more traditional fixed interest investments, so it is not surprising ...

2013 a turning point for world economy: Clime

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... commencement of 2013, investor sentiment has been buoyed by a number of developments - a better mood in Europe, interest rate cuts in Australia, some positive news out of the US and Japan, a restoration of growth in China, and a bounce in commodity prices," ...