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Bubble forming in dividend stocks: Schroders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... year, the strategist warns that income stocks are in danger of forming a bubble. "As greater numbers seek safety in purchasing perceived stable cash flows at progressively higher prices, they will necessarily become less safe," he said. As a result ...

Good not great but getting better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... happening in China, Markit Economics' PMI updates across several Asian countries also improved last month. Taiwan's purchasing managers index jumped to its highest level since June, it accelerated for the first time in four months in India, increased ...

Market wrap Early AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... October, up from a revised 68.4 in September and better than forecasts. Also helping was a slight rise in the ISM's purchasing manager index for the industrial sector, to 51.7 per cent from September's 51.5 per cent reading. And the auto industry reported ...

Lonsec and Milliman challenge current advice model for retirees

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... boomers enter retirement, their needs and objectives inherently change, as do the risks they face. Meanwhile, their purchasing behaviour, the level of engagement with their finances and access to information, is also changing. "There is increasing recognition ...

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... nothing. Oh sowee, it did. The Fed decided not to change policy settings this month. "...the Committee will continue purchasing additional agency mortgage-backed securities at a pace of $40 billion per month. The Committee also will continue through ...

Data deluge delivers no clearer visibility

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... Economics report that, "September saw manufacturing production decline in the US, the European Union and Asia", the latest purchasing managers survey of the service industry shows activity in the sector easing in China - down to a 22-month low of 53.7 ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... 10-month old government. This is because it's only after Spain formally requests a bailout that the ECB could start purchasing Spanish bonds through its newborn OMTs which investors hope would short-circuit the further spread of the crisis. The EU powers-that-are ...

Market wrap - AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... to open higher after Wall Street was boosted by better than expected data on the US manufacturing sector. A positive purchasing managers index reading for the month of September drove a rise in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. At 0755 AEST on Tuesday ...

ANZ merges NZ brands

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
Both of ANZ's New Zealand brands will be merged over the next two years, the bank announced yesterday. Since purchasing it in 2003, ANZ has operated The National Bank alongside its operations in New Zealand. From the end of October both will be combined ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... per cent to 3,531.82 points. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced after a two-day policy meeting it would boost an asset-purchasing fund by 10 trillion yen ($A122.98 billion) to 80 trillion yen while also keeping interest rates between zero and 0.1 per ...