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Bad news? Where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The times, they are a-changin' - or more accurately, market sentiment is. The glass is no longer half-empty, it's half-filled and if leaks again, the Fed will be there to top it up. So half-full that our very own S&P/AX 200 index surged by more than ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
SYDNEY, July 19 AAP - The Australian sharemarket has opened more than 1% higher following positive leads from overseas and a rebound in the local resources sector. At 1012 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 49 points, or 1.19 per ...

SMSF contributions spike ahead of cap

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
SMSF contributions were up close to $7000 in the 2011/12 financial year driven by over 50s getting in ahead of the $25,000 concessional cap introduction on July 1 this year. The latest Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey showed the average contribution ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian stock market looks set to open higher following strong gains on Wall Street and European bourses overnight amid upbeat US earnings reports and after a Federal Reserve report said the world's largest economy continued to grow ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
The bulls - already dwindling in numbers by the day - must now be starting to find religion as the only means of delivering them from eternal damnation - in the financial sense, of course. For this time, Virginia, the sky does really look like it's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after a marginally mixed performance on Wall Street following the Federal Reserve's less-than-hoped-for stimulus announcement. At 0800 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract ...

ASFA: Retirement costs on the rise

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
A couple looking to achieve a comfortable retirement will need to spend $55,316 a year, while those seeking a 'modest' retirement lifestyle need to spend $31,767 a year, according to new figures released today for the ASFA Retirement Standard. The updated ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
Germany ratifies rescue plan, now for the rescue. With 523 'jawohls' to 85 'neins' and three abstentions, Germany's Bundestag approved the 21 July plan to increase the lending capacity of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) to a,-440 billion ...

Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
Now that's what I'm talking about. See what a little concerted, decisive action does. Global equity markets rallied following news that the European Central Bank, in coordination with the US Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan and ...

FUM market slides back to $1.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
Funds under management overseen by investment managers slid back 1.7% during the June quarter to come to rest at $1.411 trillion, the first negative growth quarter since the same time last year. The slow growth dampened 12 month FUM growth to 5.3% ...