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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... and the S&P500 fell 0.2 per cent, the NASDAQ advanced 0.33 per cent. Moreover, Australian data on private capital expenditure was due out later this week. "All of that adds up to a lot of sitting on hands," Mr McCarthy said. Healthcare was the best-performing ...

Obama victory ignites fiscal cliff fears

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... revival in the housing market and an industrial renaissance based on relatively cheap energy supplies. Moreover, capital expenditure could pick up sharply (from the very low current levels) once the policy outlook becomes clearer post the election." ...

Sandy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... especially if the latest uptrend in US consumer spending continues. The US Commerce Department reports that household expenditure - that which accounts for 70% of the economy - rose by 0.8% in September following a 0.5% lift in the previous month. This ...

Not long now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
Australia's trading session had already called it off for the week when the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released the better-than-expected scorecard for the economy. But don't despair Virginia, we didn't miss much. Better ...

Woe R'Us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... Asia and China and Europe and the US declines. Woe to our terms of trade. Woe to the resources and mining capital expenditure plans and the employment they're meant to generate. Then there are my neighbours - three of them I exchanged neighbourly greetings ...

Super fees are falling but only just

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Fees paid by super fund members are falling but not because fund prices are falling, it's because of the dampening effect of self-managed super funds and higher balance members qualifying for discounts. The results are contained in the latest Rainmaker ...

Politics around LISC heats up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
The politics around around superannuation tax expenditures looks set to heat up with Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten last week saying he will defend low income tax benefits and The Australia Institute saying the top end of town should be targeted ...

Ben's turn to be super

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
This is it folks. This week's the week when we find out whether or not dear Uncle Ben would be donning a cape and wearing his underwear outside his pants and do a Super Mario. Most financial marketeers were convinced he talked about it last month at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... news the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release building approvals data for July, and the private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure for June quarter. National turnover was 198.3 million securities, valued at $369.8 million, with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases building approvals data for July, and private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure data for the June quarter. In company news, Lend Lease, Perpetual, Prime Media Group and Boart Longyear ...