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Investor confidence hits 14 year low

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... with the European ICI falling 10.3 points to 94.9 for the month, said State Street. Risk appetite decreased among North American investors as well, falling 2.7 points from September's reading of 81.7 to 79.0. Asian investors followed suit, with the Asian ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... news, National Australia Bank posts full year results and Challenger managing director Brian Benari is due to address the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch on From Boomer to Busted: Will Longer Life Expectancies Finish What the GFC Started. ...

Sandy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
The New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq market shuttered last night - the first since September 11, 2001 -- as Hurricane Sandy batters the northeast coast of the United States. They will remain closed for a second day today. Thank goodness the warnings ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... Leisure all hold annual general meetings. Bunnings managing director John Gillam is scheduled to deliver a speech at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch in Sydney. The market on Monday closed a touch higher. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

More young Americans worried about retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
The proportion of people in the US worried about how they'll fund their retirement has skyrocketed, and leading the charge is young people. A national survey of 2,508 people conducted by the Pew Research Center (PRC) has found that 66% of people are ...

Not long now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... expected it may be but the 2.0% annualised growth in US real GDP in the third quarter confirmed what we already knew - that American activity is improving... but at a rate that would put a turtle to shame. This compares with growth of 1.3% in the second ...

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 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... and Woodside Petroleum its third quarter report. QR National chief executive Lance Hockridge is slated to address the American Chamber of Commerce in Sydney while Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce is scheduled to speak to the Australian Institute of ...

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 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... Industries holds its annual general meeting in Sydney and ExxonMobile chairman John Dashwood is scheduled to speak at a American Chamber of Commerce lunch in Melbourne. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed lower as investors took profits after ...