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One in five choose shares: Russell

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007
... place for savings, according to the latest Russell Market Barometer report. Based on figures from the Westpac Consumer Confidence survey, the figures contrast sharply with consumer sentiment during the last bull run, which reached almost 35 per cent. ...

Economic round-up: Hey big spenders

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
With tax cuts on the way and consumer confidence at a 32 year high, it seems Australians are staking out the stores and car yards with smoking wallets and little thought of the consequential pressure applied to inflation. The general consensus among ...

Economic round-up: Money cant buy you love

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... Whitlam Government began to implode they still don't seem to care for the Howard Government. Following a dip in consumer confidence last month, according to the latest Westpac/ Melbourne Institute Consumer Confidence Survey levels of consumer confidence ...

Advisers want transparency from licensees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... Arrangements such as preferred partner programs set us back seven years and seriously undermine the still shaky consumer confidence. "How does a client benefit from a situation where they can not be clear on how commissions, rebates and discounts have ...

Rate rise spectre saps consumer confidence

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
... finances have improved in the last month, interest rate uncertainty may account for the latest figures in consumer confidence dipping to 0.2 per cent. A rate rise in coming months wont bode well for consumer confidence but next week's CPI figures could ...

IFSA toughens up conflicts and ethics standards

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
... a common set of values, shared by IFSA members, is based. "IFSA seeks to advance efficiency, integrity and consumer confidence in the Australian financial services industry by periodically evaluating and improving the Standards that we expect our members ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... retreating four cents to $29.76, the latter shedding 34 cents to $78.86. US stocks fell overnight after a weak consumer confidence report increased concerns the housing slowdown could spread into the broader economy and undermine profits. The Dow Jones ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... while the all ordinaries retreated 18.2 points to 5952.3. NEW YORK - US stocks fell overnight after a weak consumer confidence report increased concerns the housing slowdown could spread into the broader economy and hurt profits. Lennar Corp, a major ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2007
... per cent. Together, these various parts of the US housing market paint a picture of emerging fragility in consumer confidence.

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
In line with other recent optimism about the Australian economy the Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence has risen by 3.7 per cent in March to a score of 115.5 points, its highest level since August 2005. Just over 4 per cent of ...