Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 501 - 510 of 719 results for "Worry"

Mercer super members seek help in volatility

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... super funds far more readily these days as a result of share market fluctuations on their retirement savings, as members worry about their future financial support. Mercer reported a 15% increase in calls to its helpline for super members in the past ...

US housing market needs renovation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
Until the US housing market starts to right itself it's unlikely US consumers are going to gain too much confidence and without confidence the chance of economic recovery will remain a forlorn dream. House prices are still down 32% from their 2006 peak ...

On the verge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
The storm after the calm. Just when we thought financial markets have shaken off the high anxiety of the past week, teeth gnashing returns. Blood's again been spilled on the trading dance floors of commodity markets and most major equity markets around ...

SMSFs could use email for SuperStream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... so easy for large insurers and industry funds to just sell it through a website. Smith said the adviser wouldn't have to worry about a statement of advice or product disclosure statement, they could just put up a few websites and show them to the client. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... Overall, falls outnumbered rises by more than 13 to one. Macquarie Private Wealth associate director Lucinda Chan said the worry on the market was the prospect of weak US and European economies hitting Australia's key export markets in Asia. "It is all ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... risky decision to buy Italian and Spanish bonds helped ease selling pressure in Europe, but only temporarily as the main worry remained centreed on Standard & Poor's momentous decision to lower its triple A rating for the US. Britain's FTSE 100 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... positive surprise on jobs came despite a drumbeat of bad economic news over the past week, which had led some analysts to worry that the United States was on the brink of a new economic downturn. Markets were also buoyed by rumours that the European ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... GDP declines of up to 50%, unemployment levels of up to 20%, and stock market declines of up to 70%." You should start to worry if you believe in your heart of hearts that we'll see America print uglier stats than the one above. In this environment anything ...

Now for the denominator

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... take my word for it - they still refuse to believe until they see the deal bill inked. There's also an equal number who worry about a US credit rating downgrade even after the deal had been autographed. Perhaps these are those that haven't read Moody's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
Australian shares may decline slightly after US stocks fell on Friday as talks to reach an agreement over the US debt ceiling continued to feed market uncertainty. But mining stocks may gain after some metals, including gold, silver and copper, rose. ...