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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... April-to-June quarter on a weak note. Personal spending was unchanged in June, the Commerce Department reported. It was the third straight month of lacklustre consumer demand. Incomes were also flat, the weakest showing in nine months. The personal savings ...

Super, homes and savings a happy combo

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... satisfied with their lives, despite having to work harder to juggle family, job and financial pressures. Australia ranks equal third with the United States and Sweden in overall life satisfaction among OECD countries, with an average score of 7.9 out ...

Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... reported better-than-expected top line revenue growth, its profits came in as forecasts, but its earnings guidance for the third quarter disappointed. It was the same with Nvidia Corp and Symantec - both reduced their profit outlook. Not a tech but also ...

Inflation no show

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... one, old number. Recent history proves this. Go back to 2008 and you'll find that by November - the same time as very high third quarter inflation numbers were released - the RBA has already cut interest rates by 125 basis points from 7.25 per cent to ...

House call

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... by a sharp drop at expiration. Looking at the longer-term chart of new house sales, current levels are still just over a third of the roughly 900K units annualised just after the 2001 US recession. New home sales reached levels of more than 1,200,000 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... further tightening measures and expectations of strong corporate earnings reports will keep the market well-supported in the third quarter, traders said. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market experienced a broad-based rally with the number of stocks ...

FPA calls for award nominees

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... volunteered for work throughout the Chapters, committees and task forces. The association is also seeking nominations for its third round of Fellow Awards. FPA's members with at least 10 years' service as an FPA practitioner can nominate themselves for ...

Unusually certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... trend. No good news in US housing too. Existing home sales fell by 5.1 per cent to an annualised 5.4 million units - the third decline in the last five months. Thankfully, it was higher than expectations for a drop to 5.1 million units. The US leading ...

NAB to deepen custody partnership with BNY Mellon

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... strong position we have in this market which they don't necessarily have." NAB Asset Servicing represents approximately one-third of the Australian custody market in terms of assets.

SEC launches new divisions to protect investors

SEC RELEASES  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... Another office will focus on disclosure and policy making for asset-backed securities and structured products. Meanwhile, the third office will review new securities products and capital markets trends and develop recommendations that will protect investors. ...