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Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
"Stocks end lower after Fed decision." This was the title of a video from 'The Wall Street Journal' that encapsulates all the other headlines that answer the 'why' for the weak performance of those scripts on The Street last night. But what did the ...

Market wrap - late AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... earnings results from US corporates and fresh jitters in Europe. The Dow tumbled 1.82 per cent - its worst one-day fall since June - while the S&P500 slid 1.44 per cent and the NASDAQ declined 0.88 per cent. Making news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Bad everywhere news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
Believe me I tried... and I tried, and I tried. But I can't find no, no good news on cyberspace, on print or th airwaves this morning. The good news have all AWOL it seems. What I found instead was a listing of the bad and the ugly. Below are the Bloomberg ...

Standard Risk Measure misleading

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
Investors may have already been misled by the Standard Risk Measure adopted by superannuation funds, said research house Van Eyk. Anomalies are caused by funds being able to choose how they calculate the risk of a product, said Van Eyk's head of strategic ...

AustEthical ready for business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
After major restructuring which saw it trim a quarter of its staff, and redesign many of its products, Australian Ethical Investment is actively re-engaging with the market, said chief executive Phil Vernon. The restucture came to a head back in June  ...

Future Fund tarred by its tobacco stocks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
An otherwise robust performance by the Future Fund was undermined this week when its senior executives were forced to justify their tobacco investments before a Senate Committee. Appearing before the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Senate ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on the European markets overnight on easing euro zone debt crisis concerns ahead of a two-day EU summit and Wall Street remained in positive territory. At 0810 AEDT on Thursday, the December ...

Advisers force life premiums down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
Financial advisers are the driving force behind falling premium rates on life cover products, according to ClearView's Clive Levinthal. A recent joint study by the life insurer and industry information supplier Plan For Life shows that premiums have ...

CFSGAM bullish on listed infrastructure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
Investors are encouraged to put their money in listed infrastructure as it offers a higher rate of returns than bonds and cash in the current low growth economic environment, according to Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM). CFSGAM's ...

It's raining, it's pouring good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
Move on people, nothing to see here, just more of the same - a continuation of the flow of eco stats and surveys and developments that are surprising on the upside. It's still early days to go gangnam (hey, sexey leydey) but we may be witnessing the ...