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Good for nothing war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... currency markets gathered pace after the ADP/Macroeconomic Advisors reported that private payrolls fell by 39,000 in September - lower than expectations for a 20,000 gain and the first drop since January. Big Ben already sounded the warning bell yesterday ...

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
It's a wrap! It's official! September 2010 is the man! Wall Street may have been down for the day but it produced the best September gain even before many of us were born. The S&P 500 index soared by 8.8 per cent in the month, the Dow jumped by 7.7 ...

Scammer targets AMP and AXA investors

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
... unclearly". Hassle Free Shares had made around 90,000 unsolicited offers to AMP and AXA shareholders between 1 July and 3 September - offering to buy shares below current market prices. One example includes an offer by Hassle Free Shares of $1,589.68 ...

APESB extends consultation

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
The Accounting Professional & Ethical Standards Board (APESB) has extended its consultation period on a proposal to ban members who offer financial planning services from charging asset-based fees from July next year. The Accounting Professional & Ethical ...

The good smoke

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
Smoking is bad. Just ask the Breckland Council in Norfolk. It has just announced plans to force its staff to clock off clock on when they go on ciggie breaks - and then make up for lost hours. But as they say, one man's trash is another man's stash. ...

Busting myths on alternatives: JANA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
A prominent asset consultant told an ASFA luncheon audience yesterday that just because a particular investment is listed on the market doesn't make it "right" in a portfolio, or better than its unlisted alternatives. "There's this myth that because ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
The Australian share market was marginally stronger at noon, with mining stocks leading the gains on the back of higher metals prices overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained 9.1 points, or 0.19 per cent, to 4,678.9 points ...

Wonderfully wrong September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... consumers are losing confidence. The Conference Board reported that it's consumer confidence index declined to 48.5 in September - the lowest level since February, lower than expectations for a reading of 52.1 and down from 53.2 in August. But even the ...

Gotta love gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
We've been told that the US recession officially died 15 months ago and Wall Street, it seems, is no longer grieving. In fact, the S&P 500 index looks on track to claim its "biggest September gain in 71 years" - unless Bloomberg is mistaken, that is ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
So where's the September curse now, 'ey? With just four trading days to go, Wall Street may have forgotten that this month is statistically and historically the worst month for stocks. Not that nobody tried to remind investors, there were plenty of ...