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Catching its second wind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
What's this? More good news out of America and yet Wall Street went nowhere overnight? The Dow closed just a little bit (0.1 per cent) lower. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq ended last night's session just a tad (0.1 per cent) higher. It was hilarious reading ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... said. OZ Minerals was higher, too, up four cents, or 2.3 per cent, at $1.805, after the miner said it had returned to a sound financial position with a $586.9 million full year net profit for calendar 2010. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,364.20 ...

Aus equities forecast to return 20pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... Don Stammer told the audience of last week's Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum. The 20-per cent plus upside may sound far fetched to many investors but Stammer pointed out some compelling reasons that will buoy local shares. "This is through ...

Large funds use scale to boost after-tax savings

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... before the value of the quoted maximum potential benefit exceeds the cost." The report said that while propagation is a sound concept, it only makes sense for very large funds given current pricing. "If it gains widespread acceptance, then the cost may ...

Of Jobs, Hu and Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... close and cordial partnership. President Hu has already told the Wall Street Journal that, "We both stand to gain from a sound China-US relationship, and lose from confrontation." President Obama, in turn, would echo Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's ...

Investors tap emerging market debt

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... would be sensible to add exposure to emerging market debt. The growth profile of emerging market economies, combined with sound public finances and relatively high yields, all make emerging market bonds an attractive investment proposition, while their ...

US considers retirement reforms

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... funded...and accumulates funds for investments in business and infrastructure to help sustain a healthy economic growth rate." Sound familiar? Among other proposals, the commission proposed that the retirement age be indexed to gains in longevity and ...

Fee-for-service assist program launch

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... online learning program they can use at their own pace. The Pricing Advice program is an e-learning program that includes sound files, calculators and the templates needed to build their pricing model and implement it throughout their business. Pricing ...

ASIC cracks down on CFD trading

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... investor education. "The objective of this consultation paper is to ensure that all CFD traders and prospective traders have a sound level of understanding of the product and risks associated with trading it regardless of the CFD provider they deal with ...

G-20 gabfest at Gyeongju

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... Accord II: Target China to achieve the rebalancing that Plaza Accord I did not? But you have to agree it makes good political sound bites to blame "them" especially with the US elections just a step away. American jobs are being lost because of "them". ...