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Never mind the length, look at the readability

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2007
Despite recent debate over PDS readability, 60 per cent of super fund members do read their PDS's, according to new research conducted by Investment Trends for the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). In the research, investors who ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
... day, all the resources are getting hammered... It's hit them all square on the nose," he said. "I wouldn't like to put a figure on it, but there's a fairly good chance things aren't going to be too flash tomorrow. "(But) given the results on the American ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
After staging a slight recovery yesterday, the Australian share market is expected to open lower today with New York struggling again as investors remained sensitive to news about worsening lending conditions. At 0651 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher today following a recovery on Wall Street overnight. At 0728 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was up 55 points to 6128 on a volume of 3,493 contracts. Amid data ...

One in five choose shares: Russell

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007
Despite the huge market gains of the last few years, only 17 per cent of the general public believe shares are the best place for savings, according to the latest Russell Market Barometer report. Based on figures from the Westpac Consumer Confidence ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
The Australian share market is expected to be hit hard this morning by the massive declines in New York with a particularly bleak outlook for the miners, as all metals but tin traded lower overnight. At 0750 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

Super boomtimes as confidence goes stratospheric

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... said the results are good news. "And initiatives like the Federal Government's Simpler Super reforms should bolster this figure by encouraging more Australians to voluntarily save more into super," he said. But ironically it's bad news for the industry ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
The Australian share market is set to return to positive territory today after an improvement in trading activity on Wall Street and in defiance over a fall in metals prices. At 0706 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
The Australian share market is expected to fall sharply this morning after the US market took a hammering overnight in what was the worst trading day since 13 March. At 0657 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was down ...

China's rates up again

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
... expecting a softer approach. China's ex-food CPI rose just 0.7 per cent equating to a moderate 1 per cent year on year figure. Some economists argued that the Central bank would realise a rate hike could do little to solve food shortfalls and have no ...