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Good US housing news is real good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
"Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good in the world." -- Abraham Lincoln Yes Virginia, property is good and an improving property market is good for the economy. Now do you still wonder why Ben Bernanke is doing ...

CFSGAM bullish on listed infrastructure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
Investors are encouraged to put their money in listed infrastructure as it offers a higher rate of returns than bonds and cash in the current low growth economic environment, according to Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM). CFSGAM's ...

It's raining, it's pouring good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
Move on people, nothing to see here, just more of the same - a continuation of the flow of eco stats and surveys and developments that are surprising on the upside. It's still early days to go gangnam (hey, sexey leydey) but we may be witnessing the ...

Public pension deficit exceeds $1trn

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
The 100 largest US-based public pensions face a funding deficit of $1.2 trillion, $300 billion more than the pension providers have reported themselves, according to a new study by Milliman. The consulting and actuarial firm's first Public Pension Funding ...

Jingling bells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
"Just hear those sleigh bells jinglin', ring ting tinglin' too" - Sleigh Ride There's really not much to add to what I've written yesterday -- Xmas must really be coming in early this year. Just look at all those wonderful set of numbers released over ...

BT Wrap first to hit tax statement deadline

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
BT Wrap has become the first major Australian platform to deliver all of its investors' Wrap Tax Statements for 2012. The product provider benefited from improvements to its administration system to deliver statements to more than 200,000 investors ...

Treats not threats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... revenues and profitability". Not surprisingly, scared investors scampered far away from equity markets - most major indices saw red last week - with Wall Street enduring its worst week since the start of June. Financial markets were scared off their ...

Australia leads in global median wealth

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
The median wealth of Australians continues to be the highest in the world, a Credit Suisse Research Institute report released today reveals. Dubbed the annual Global Wealth Report, the research shows Asia Pacific overtaking Europe as the world's largest ...

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
So what did you think? Was it good or bad? Good enough to keep the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) finger off the trigger for another month or something ominous that it would have no option but the fire? Was the "6202.0 - Labour Force, Australia ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... not-so-subtle change that is happening and it is overdue and, I think, it is positive." Australia's big four banks were all in red figures - ANZ was down four cents at $25.58, CBA was off 10 cents at $56.63, NAB had slipped six cents to $26.24 and Westpac ...