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SMSFs need more investment diversity: FinaMetrica

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... (SMSFs) when the local market corrects. The call came on top of managed funds data recently released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Australian Tax Office (ATO). It showed SMSFs' share holdings had jumped 10.5% to $193.1 billion in the ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... lower and the government confirmed that the economy contracted in the first quarter. Locally on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases building approvals figures for April and business indicators for the March quarter. The RP Data Core ...

The recesssion we longed to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... "recessionary" set of numbers: "Estimate 2 for 2015-16 is $104,033m. This is 24.6% lower than Estimate 2 for 2014-15" (Australian Bureau of Statistics). It had been so long since Australia has had a recession - 1991 -- that I had to boot up my database ...

Shares lower at lunch time

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... traditionally went down in May. Heffernan said disappointing private capital expenditure figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics had reversed the negative direction a little as investors speculated that the data could add weight for another ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,750. Locally on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases business investment figures for the March quarter. And in equities news, US-focused oil and gas producer ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... Charter Communication's $US78.7 billion ($A100.6 billion) deal to buy Time Warner Cable. Locally on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases construction work done for the March quarter and the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes ...

Australia sings hallelujah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... 3.1% in January. If the correlation holds expect faster spending growth ahead. And spend some more. While the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported last week that new motor vehicle sales decline by 1.5% in April, car dealers expect the Budget's ...

Lies, stats and damned double seasonal adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... to try to account for seasonal patterns." Yes Virginia, that advance estimate of 0.2% annualised rate of GDP growth the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported the US economy grew by in the March quarter of this year is wrong. "The application of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... fresh record close, led by strong gains in Apple, Facebook and other technology stocks. Locally on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release lending finance figures for March. In equities news, Paladin Energy issues a trading update and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... Kong fell 0.58 per cent, or 157.90 points to 27,249.28. Chinese markets turned lower in the afternoon after the National Bureau of Statistics announced figures for retail sales, industrial output and fixed asset investment, which all missed expectations. ...