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Three chances to win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Punters' paradise. This is what today is to the betting dude. In Australia alone the same betting dude is given three chances to win that he's forgiven for thinking that he's died and gone to heaven. We can discuss the latest stat instalments but they're... ...

Investors more satisfied with SMSF than pooled funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Satisfaction with the self-managed super funds (SMSFs) remains considerably higher than that of retail and industry funds, according to the latest Roy Morgan Superannuation Satisfaction report shows. SMSFs can boast 64% satisfaction while industry funds ...

A week full of question marks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Now what's wrong this time? The US Bureau of Labor Statistics released the 'mother-of-all-economic statistics' at the end of last week's trading and it was good. But how did Mr. Market react? He thought it was good too until... he didn't. The S&P 500 ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... October US jobs report gave shares an early bump on Friday but the gains were all quickly lost and the main indices ended in the red, as caution grew ahead of next Tuesday's presidential election. Although the jobless rate ticked up to 7.9 per cent ...

Exchange-traded gov bonds expand investment options

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Retail access to exchange-traded government bonds moved a step closer yesterday following the Senate's passing of the Commonwealth Government Securities Legislation Amendment (Retail Trading) Bill. Subject to regulatory clearance, trading is expected ...

Wealth gap narrows in China

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Farmers in China have seen their incomes grow rapidly this year, helping to close a wealth gap between rural and urban areas. It was the third year in a row that the gap has narrowed, according to a Ministry of Agriculture report cited by the state ...

Uncertainty goes uncertainty comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
"The uncertainty is the worst"... I saw this story on theage.com.au website that quoted a certain Jessica Levitt - a resident of one of the Sandy-affected cities in the States - conveying her feelings in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy - reportedly ...

Huge opportunity is higher risk recovery stocks: Southeastern

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
A flight to safety brought about ongoing investor uncertainty in the wake of the GFC means that a wealth of well managed, competitively entrenched and soundly financed companies can be bought at a significant discount to their intrinsic value, according ...

Push... pussshh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
The Australian market has opened marginally higher amid quiet trading with Wall Street closed because of Hurricane Sandy. At 1030 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.8 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,479.7 points, while the broader ...