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Fall on the Wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... stale" for "we have some data since then that is stronger." He may be right. US eco stats - retail sales, consumer confidence, industrial production and the index of leading economic indicators - released last week all improved. Add to these last night's ...

Bad news sells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... leaves Aussie consumers cold (ABC) Bad news sells, 'ey? There were a host of reasons cited for that 'woeful' consumer confidence number in one month - Europe sovereign debt crisis, China slowdown, the high Australian dollar, no more RBA rate cut, carbon ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... dropped 6.32 (0.21 per cent) to 2,939.52. Traders had a batch of economic data to weigh, including numbers on consumer confidence, personal incomes and spending, and home prices. The Commerce Department reported June personal spending, the main driver ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... points. US stocks scored solid gains, lifted by positive data on home prices that offset another decline in consumer confidence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished Tuesday's session up 32.01 points (0.26 per cent) at 12,534.67. Shares in News ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... Except that, buried deep inside the "feel good" headlines was the US Conference Board's report showing that consumer confidence dropped to a lower than expected 62.0 in June - the lowest since January - from a "downwardly" revised 64.4 in the previous ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... YORK - US stocks scored solid gains, lifted by positive data on home prices that offset another decline in consumer confidence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished Tuesday's session up 32.01 points (0.26 per cent) at 12,534.67. The S&P 500 index ...

FOFA passes as industry backs professionalism

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... said, while Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of AIST said the legislation would go "a long way to restoring consumer confidence in super and protecting fund members from Trio-style disaster." The Coalition yesterday criticised the hurried passage of FOFA ...

Bad news? What bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... Street was not in the mood for bad news either. The S&P 500 index jumped by 1.1% as investors ignored a bad consumer confidence report and instead saw that housing was turning for the good. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index dropped to ...

Sign on fees creating dealer group controversy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
... group represents a slight on the integrity of the advice profession at a time when reform is trying to build consumer confidence. "I would imagine the definition of transition costs would relate to administrative change - which would be quite miniscule. ...

Instant replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... 2011. And there may be more where that came from. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's final index of consumer confidence rose to 76.4 in April - the highest in a year -- from 76.2 last month. Even better, the expectations component of the index ...