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Morning market wrap: US stocks continue to slide

... upcoming third quarter profit reporting season. The absence of a recovery in employment growth and eroding consumer sentiment have left investors worried corporate profits will fall short of earlier expectations. The Dow Jones industrial average fell ...

David Jones expects profit in 2003/04 after announcing net loss

... be constrained by disruption resulting from the Bondi Junction and Market Street refurbishments and volatile consumer sentiment. We are on track to delivering 1.5 per cent to 2.5% sales revenue growth in FY04, as forecast at the Strategic Review announcement ...

Morning market wrap: Technicals push US stocks modestly higher

... the 0.7% increase was broadly in line with expectations. The University of Michigan also said its index of consumer sentiment slipped 1.1 points to 88.2 in early September. In London, concerns over the strength of the US recovery saw the FTSE 100 end ...

FPA mandates degree entry for CFP in 2007

... designation for financial planners in Australia. There are more than 5000 CFP's practicing in Australia. The FPA's Consumer Sentiment Survey last year found that 49.8 per cent of Australian consumers have heard of the CFP designation.

Morning market wrap: US shares end week stronger

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2003
... Nasdaq composite index advanced 10.5 points (0.6%) to 1,708.5. The University of Michigan announced its index of consumer sentiment edged 0.6 points higher to 90.3 in July, broadly in line with market forecasts. But the news prompted some profit-taking ...

Afternoon market wrap: All ordinaries gain ground

... According to the Westpac Banking Corporation and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, consumer sentiment is at its highest since July 1994. The banking sector had mixed returns in trading this afternoon. The Australian Bureau ...

Morning Market Wrap: US Stocks End Lower

... manufacturer Nike prompted some investors to take profits, despite news the University of Michigan has revised up its consumer sentiment index for June. In European trade on Friday the FTSE 100 closed at 4,067.8, up 26.1 points (0.7%). Gains were led ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares sink on profit-taking

... Ordinaries finished the day 19.3 points lower at 3057.7, despite the release of data showing a strong rebound in consumer sentiment and improving expectations among manufacturers. Westpac reported consumer sentiment rose in June to the highest level ...

Morning market wrap: US Stocks Slump Friday As Confidence Wanes

... following a survey showing consumer confidence soured in early June. The University of Michigan's index of consumer sentiment dropped to 87.2 in June from 92.1 in May, in contrast to forecasts of a modest rise. The decline was driven by a plunge in the ...

Morning market wrap: US shares continue to fall

The Dow Jones index suffered a second consecutive day of modest losses as softer consumer sentiment for the month of April followed on from renewed fears of the global terrorist threat-sparked by the suicide attack in Saudi Arabia. Domestically, AMP ...