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Super, homes and savings a happy combo

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... happiness than others. Non-homeowners for example report lower satisfaction (7.7 out of 10) than those who own a home valued above $500,000 (above 8 out of 10). Meanwhile debts like those associated with credit cards and overdue bills can lead to lower ...

ING Aussie eq fund gets three stars

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... place at ING IM for the past seven years. Pandit and his team have a target return of five per cent (before cost and fees) above the S&P/ASX100 Accumulation Index on a rolling basis.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... "People want to hold stock in a domestic currency which is appreciating," Mr Weston said. "Now that the Aussie dollar is above 90 US cents and looks like it is on its way up to 91 US cents, we are very likely to get some foreign money coming in here." ...

Which way USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... This is a little less than consensus expectations of a 2.5 per cent expansion but who cares? The number is still way, way above the much-feared double dip, isn't it? More so considering that first quarter growth was upgraded to show expansion of 3.7 ...

Inflation no show

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... per cent gain in the second quarter -- expect the Reserve Bank of Australia not to lift interest rates next week. If it's above that, well... there goes another chunk of your disposable income! Has central banking been reduced to watching one single ...

FEAL Conference cuts through the noise

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... market and regulatory noise from their objectives. "The objective of the conference is to help fund executives get their head above the trees, get some perspective," he said. "Identifying what fund executives can do to deliver the best benefit through ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... petroleum and iron ore divisions both had achieved annual production records. "BHP and Rio are up and I think that's after BHP's above-expectations report yesterday," Mr Kimber said. "We liked everything they had to say. They're spinning off plenty of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... behind Europe's advance on Wednesday was Apple's strong results after the close on Tuesday. Coca-Cola results also came in above forecasts European stock markets closed higher, but trimmed a large chunk of their earlier gains late in the session. The ...

Saved by BP and Goldman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... rise to 10. Manufacturing activity in these regions may be slowing, but the latest readings show they're still expanding (above zero). US industrial production rose by only 0.1 per cent in June from the 1.2 per cent increase posted in the previous month. ...

Market Wrap - Mid-Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... and Rio Tinto rose $1.60, or 2.43 per cent, to $67.44. On Wall Street overnight, the Dow Jones industrials climbed back above 10,000 after investors had second thoughts about the heavy selling in the stock market during the last two weeks. The Dow rose ...