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There's the good news and there's the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... Bloomberg headlines I copied and pasted earlier (thanks Bloomberg): Cooling U.S. Employment Market Takes Toll on Consumer Confidence Euro-Area Economic Confidence Drops More Than Forecast Spain's Sovereign Debt Rating Cut by S&P on Deficit, Bank Bailout ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... 17 points to 1370. The Nasdaq composite fell 44 points to 3011. Besides Europe, a closely watched gauge of consumer confidence came in weaker than analysts had been expecting. The Dow ended the week down 1.5 per cent, although it's still up 5.7 per cent ...

The Fed, the ECB and the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... should be cutting by 50 basis points - not the usual 25 bips - and now. The latest Westpac Melbourne Institute consumer confidence survey underscores growing clamour for an RBA rate cut. Australian consumer confidence fell to an eight-month low in April. ...

SPAA reassures members on opt-in

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... in the raising of standards across the financial planning profession, which is a positive step to boosting consumer confidence in advisors [sic]" Andrea Slattery, chief executive of SPAA, said. "SPAA will work closely with ASIC on the modification of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... until late 2014 due to problems with unemployment. Mr Shamu said that figures from the US showing a fall in consumer confidence, and data from China showing that profits in the country's industrial sector fell 5.2 per cent in the first two months of ...

All that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... climbed for a sixth straight month in March to their highest level in more than four years. It was confidence, consumer confidence to be exact. And oh boy, this would be another OMG moment if this alleged wobbling in confidence translates into wobbles ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
The Australian share market is set to open lower after a fall on Wall Street due to lower consumer confidence. At 0804 AEDT on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 21 points at 4,307. In economic news, the Reserve Bank of ...

Smackdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... continued improvement in Uncle Sam's fortunes is also helping. The latest update from the Conference Board's consumer confidence index is the latest addition to these auspicious indicators. US consumer confidence jumped to 70.8 in February from 61.5 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... closed firmer in choppy trade as mixed US economic data drove investors to and fro after positive eurozone consumer confidence figures gave an early boost. Dealers said wariness continued over the Greek debt crisis but as oil prices fell, concerns that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... dangerously high deficits or face sanctions also helped to boost sentiment. But disappointing data showing US consumer confidence eased and business activity cooled sapped the momentum in offshore markets to give local shares a soft lead. "In the absence ...