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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
The Australian dollar was lower against most major currencies on Wednesday morning, weighed down by weak trade figures released on Tuesday. At 0700 (AEST) on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 106.72 US cents, down from 107.03 cents on ...

Dropping home ownership rates leave retirement funding hole

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
Falling home ownership rates mean a quarter of all future retirees may not own their own home, undermining key assumptions of previous retirement affordability studies, REST Industry Super said yesterday. The worrying figures come from research tabled ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
The Australian stock market bounced back from early losses to be higher at noon, with stocks in the materials and retail sectors leading the gains. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16.9 points, or 0.36 per cent, at 4,677.1, while ...

Can't hear you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
There's more negative news out overnight. What? There's more bad news out overnight. What? Can't hear you. Yes Virginia, if you're looking for reasons to sell there were big numbers out last night that on other days scream SELL! But Wall Street would ...

Equip and Vision merger in doubt

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
The merger between Equipsuper and Vision Super appears to be off, after negotiations hit an unexpected hurdle yesterday. Equipsuper's chief executive officer, Danielle Press, confirmed to Financial Standard that the merger would not be completed in ...

Just replace because with despite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
Now you see? Investors really do see what they want to see. Oh yes Virginia, the drip, drip, drip of economic reports and other news twittered, facebooked and blogged all over cyberspace were enough to send any bear to bear utopia - but they didn't. ...

Online SMSF training centre opens for trustees, advisers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
A new training centre for self-managed super fund trustees and financial advisers was launched yesterday, providing a much-needed resource for the burgeoning SMSF industry. The SMSF Academy is an online community and resource dedicated to helping those ...

Never wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... to that outlook" - such as a 20 per cent drop in stock prices perhaps. But what got me here is Danny quoting Marc Faber - yes, the guru who, back in December 2008, predicted that the US economy would take five, even 10 years, to recover; the same one ...

FPA urge Treasury to revise legis

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has come out in support of the banning of volume-based payments but warn that if its proceeds as currently set, it will be the end of pure platforms. While debating the prevalence of product neutral platforms ...