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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after a batch of data reinforced optimism that the US economy is recovery. At 0645 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 16 points at 5,313. ...

Calm over Crimea and US houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... Perhaps 'twas because of the 7.7% jump in building permits - a leading indicator of housing - in February that created this optimism. However, a dig down into the report shows that the increase in building permits was due largely to the 24.3% spike in ...

Just jokin' Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... Slowing? But the non-manufacturing PMI jumped to 55.0 from 53.4. Rebalancing? Finally, news out of Japan is also cause for optimism - wages of "sarariman" are starting to rise. Basic pay (excluding bonuses and overtime) rose 0.1% in the year to January. ...

Traffic light trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... year. A slim majority (52%) believe America will contribute more to growth in their region this year than China." If this optimism continues to prevail, soon all lights will be flashing green.

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... Japanese company profits (through increased competitiveness and currency translation), lifting business and consumer optimism and underpinning growth in the economy. The lift in demand -- along with the yen's decline - has, in turn, lifted consumer prices ...

It must have been love

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... Gain of 2014 on Fed." "Emerging Stocks Extend Best Week Since September on Data." "S&P 500 Nears Record Amid Earnings, Optimism in Economy." But is this just another case of investors seeing what they want to see and hearing what they want to hear? Or ...

Phones and tablets take over online broking

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... their investment activity, and 14% are looking to use a mobile platform in the next. The survey showed that investor optimism had increased online broking by 10% for the first time since December 2011. In Australia, 585,000 people placed at least one ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... 5,131.4. The broader All Ordinaries index was up 58.7 points, or 1.15 per cent, at 5,147.4. NEW YORK - US stocks surged amid optimism that the January jobs market report will point to firm economic growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 188.30 ...

IBA launches REIT for indigenous investors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013

Risk adviser sentiment up in 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... "Advisers are feeling more positive than they have for quite some time, and will enter 2014 with more energy and more optimism about the future of our industry and their roles as professionals and as business owners," Zurich Life general manager of Retail ...