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Missing the forest for the daily grind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... the financial markets. Sometimes you win and you're exulted as a genius, other times you lose and all that's missing is a big L sign tattooed on your forehead. The development of the computer chip and the advent of real-time news and tick by tick market ...

Alphinity backs growth in energy sector

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
Alphinity Investment Management expects Australia will experience 4% steel growth in 2012 but picks the energy sector as where the real growth can be found. "We are coming to the close of the super growth cycle for steel although there is a short term ...

In it to win it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... bought what the worrywarts were peddling instead. They've been vindicated once again. For last night, Wall Street rebounded big time and European equity markets bounced back bigger time - including a 2.3% rise in the Spanish bourse and a 3.7% jump in ...

Australian finance sector jobs plummet

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
Australia has experienced the biggest Asia Pacific slowdown in finance sector jobs in Q1, according to research from website eFinancial Careers. Recording a reduction of 19% in finance sector job opportunities from the previous quarter, Australia lead ...

Rainmaker releases 2012 platform report

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... create a vertically integrated wealth management eco-system, according the just released 2012 Rainmaker Platform Report. The big seven that include BT Financial Group, MLC, CFS, OnePath, Macquarie and the combined AMP-AXA group, by June 2011 controlled ...

Dip buyers buy the dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... before 2011 turned into 2012. We've got more of it last night and last night's better-than-expected retail sales report was a big deal, a very big one. Because it shows consumers -- that which comprises 70% of the US economy -- continue to shop. Retail ...

Managers up risk on improved sentiment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
Manager sentiment was up in Q1 causing a strong swing to growth assets, according to a survey by global asset manager Russell Investments. Improving outlooks for the US and Europe were seen as contributing factors to positivity with Australian shares ...

YBR launches savings fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... Money was conceived as a reliable solution that offers competitive returns via investments that were previously restricted to big institutions."

Best friends forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
Don't you just love it when a plan goes according to plan? Wall Street remained on rebound mode while we were sleeping and so were most equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town. The S&P 500 and the Dow each jumped by 1.4% overnight in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... fresh economic indicators in the United States, Asia and Europe. Gains on all three key indices topped 1.3 per cent, with big rises among the Dow blue chips led by a 4.6 per cent spike higher by Caterpillar and a 7.2 per cent rise in Hewlett-Packard ...