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May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
It's the 1st of May for our brethrens in the US and Europe and right on cue...we got a sprinkling of nasty data sets that sent Wall Street down last night, reminding you, I and Irene that this maybe another May to sell and go away. Not that we did any ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... downside in Chinese economic data recently." The Australian share market gained 4.53 per cent in April but has fallen in May for the last three years. Resources stocks have dragged the Australian market down following falls in most commodity prices overnight. ...

Jingling bells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
"Just hear those sleigh bells jinglin', ring ting tinglin' too" - Sleigh Ride There's really not much to add to what I've written yesterday -- Xmas must really be coming in early this year. Just look at all those wonderful set of numbers released over ...

Deutsche Bank job cuts

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
Deutsche Bank Australia has declined to either confirm or deny recent job cut rumours. Bloomberg yesterday reported that Deutsche Bank would consider cutting up to 1000 positions in its investment bank after declines in revenue. The job cuts would be ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... added 17.72 (0.63 per cent) to 2,836.33. A rise in weekly initial jobless claims and a fall in monthly consumer prices in May for the first time in two years underpinned fresh signs of weakness in the US economy. LONDON - European stock markets were ...

Flawed assumptions pushing RRR too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
Superannuation advocates' claims that SG contribution rates need to keep rising to fund retirement income replacement ratios of up to 70% might be based on flawed assumptions. Debate among financial planners in the US on retirement income replacement ...

Pressure on yields continues

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
As new liquidity requirements push demand for state debt higher and Australia's AAA rating holds, there is no end in sight for downward pressure on yields, according to an industry expert. Added pressure from foreign borrowing and high bank demand looks ...

Go figure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
A brand new month, a brand new scare. Yes folks, just when we thought that it's gonna be a bright (bright) sun-shiny day, along comes the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) bearing bad tidings. And if you hadn't had your fill ...

China-Gillard tug o' war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... and focus on increasing their savings instead. Latest data show that Australian retail sales dropped by 0.6 per cent in May for an annual growth rate of 2.5 per cent. This pace is not far above the disappointing annual rate in spending witnessed at the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... much less than expected in May. The ABS said Australia's unemployment rate stayed at a two-year low of 4.9 per cent in May for the third month in a row. Total employment rose by a seasonally adjusted 7,800 to 11.441 million in the month. Full-time employment ...