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Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... the middle of the year. Recent indications are that this is beginning to lift. Non-farm payrolls rebounded sharply in October - up 151,000 against expectations of 60,000. Last night's bigger-than-expected drop in jobless claims suggest continued improvement ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Australian markets are expected to open firmer on Thursday, as US equities rebound in afternoon trade on signs of a slow improvement in the American labour market. On the ASX24 at 0615 AEDT, the December share price index contract was 25 points higher ...

iShares unveils four Aussie ETFs

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
iShares will launch four new Australian ETFs as the firm hopes to cash in on increasing investor demand for exchange traded funds. These ETFs include the iShares MSCI Australia 200, which will aim to track the performance of the MSCI Australia 200 Index ...

Calls to fast track higher SG: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
Three in five Australians want the government to introduce the law on raising compulsory superannuation payments (SG) sooner rather than later, according the latest ASFA survey. Majority of the survey's respondents said they want a faster deadline than ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... October non-farm payrolls report, it might have snipped a bit off the total amount of QE2. US employment rose by 151,000 in October - heaps better than expectations for a 60,000 increase. And heap, heaps better, upward revisions in August and September ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
"...the United States has no better friend than Australia." This was US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressing young Australians at the University of Melbourne yesterday. Her statement was made in the context of America and Australia's unbending ...

UK edges closer to universal pension scheme

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
The ruling Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition will push ahead with plans to introduce a universal pension scheme in the UK. Chancellor George Osborne recently gave the green light for the establishment of the National Employment and Savings Trust ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving strong, positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with all key markets significantly higher on the back of the US Federal Reserve's stimulus announcement on Wednesday. On the ASX24 at 0657 AEDT, the December ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
Whoa boy! Hold your horses! QE2 expectations are going out of hand. It started with just over a couple of billions and then grew, and grew, and grew. Just two days ago, I wrote about St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank Director of Research Christopher Waller ...

Punting on next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... And who cares about consumer confidence? The Conference Board's index of consumer confidence index increased to 50.2 in October - more than market expectations for a 49.9 print - from 48.6 in the previous month. Good yes. But not good enough. Americans ...