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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... (0.60 per cent) 2572.50. Markets got a slight lift from a jump in the Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators, providing more evidence that the economy has picked up speed. But that optimism was overtaken by worries about the sovereign ...

Australia's retirement system the most sustainable in the world

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... Index (PSI) measures the pressure on governments across the globe to reform their pension system and uses a range of indicators such as demographic developments, public finances and pension system designs. "Taking all these indicators into account, Australia's ...

Machines of loving grace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... reversal of the temporary factors that had weighed on growth earlier in the year." No it's not. "Nonetheless, recent indicators point to continuing weakness in overall labor market conditions, and the unemployment rate remains elevated." The Fed also ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... be followed by a second summit by Wednesday, the leaders of France and Germany said. Some mildly positive economic indicators were offset by weakness in tech stocks. Sentiment was encouraged by a fall in weekly jobless claims, confirming a downward trend ...

Twisting the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in August indicates that economic growth remains slow. Recent indicators point to continuing weakness in overall labor market conditions, and the unemployment rate remains elevated." And stayed there! ...

IMF says prepare to buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... might be it folks! The one we've all been waiting for - the catalyst, the contrarian indicator to end all contrarian indicators. It's all over the news. No, it's not the credit ratings agencies' - which seemed to have been trigger-happy these past few ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... (1.34 per cent) to stand at 2,607.07. The markets were strong from the opening but fell off after a series of economic indicators - on weekly jobless insurance claims, inflation, and business conditions - reinforced beliefs that the economy is stagnating. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... hit a 10-year low versus the yen, but it remained under pressure as traders stayed risk-averse because of a lack of indicators to push it upwards. Tokyo rose 0.95 per cent, or 80.88 points, to 8,616.55 and Sydney was 0.85 per cent, or 34.2 points, higher ...

Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... The signs are all around us - macro-economic fundamentals are deteriorating, systemic risk is growing and technical indicators of risk assets are breaking down. I'd like to able to conjure some positive tidings out of these negatives - there usually ...

Investors look for business activity signals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... way to cut through the noise in the market is to distinguish between short term stock price drivers and fundamental indicators of business activity, such as retail sales, production output, employment demand and credit growth. When you do this you can ...