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Good US housing news gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... lacklustre at 2.8% year on year although they are at least on a long slow upward trend. Housing starts being a job creator and a big demand source for local manufacturers is why US economists are getting excited that the house construction sector could ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
Australian stocks have opened firmer amid broad-based gains with the big banks and miners all higher in early trade. At 1037 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 33.7 points, or 0.75 per cent, at 4,543 points, while the broader All ...

Insto investors confront liquidity crunch

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
Institutional investors have responded to liquidity concerns flagged by the global financial crisis by rethinking their asset allocation strategies, according to a new State Street report. The research, entitled The Asset Owners' Perspective: Evolving ...

Cbus and HESTA take out top AIST awards

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
Cbus super and HESTA have taken out the top two honours at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) 2012 Awards for Excellence. Construction industry fund Cbus took out the award for best annual report, after its 2011/12 report demonstrated ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
The Australian market is likely to open higher after gains on markets in Europe and the United States. Stocks in France and Germany rose after the European Central Bank (ECB) said a decision to leave its key rate unchanged was not unanimous. Wall Street ...

It's just plain dumb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... think you are of reading about it - that if this doesn't stop soon, I might just jump into one. To be sure, to be sure it's a big worry - an event risk that could change the course of 2013 and perhaps beyond. But if you take your gazes away from the ...

Charts point to bull market run in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... experienced in 2009." The discipline of technical analysis attempts to measure the effect of investor sentiment, which is a big driving factor in capital markets, and centres on the idea that identifiable patterns can be found in the behaviour of market ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... December share price index futures contract was 15 points higher at 4,520 points, on a volume of 7,145 contracts. Australia's big four retail banks were in positive territory at the start of trade, as market players waited for their response to the central ...

Down, down interest rates are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012

More good news for US housing market

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
The status quo outcome of the recent US elections may carry the risk of continued political gridlock in 2013, but recovering market fundamentals are providing a welcomed kicker to the US housing market, according to research by Principal Global Investors. ...