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Investor optimism index down 43 per cent

... UBS/Gallup findings are data from US households and are therefore a stronger indicator of investor behaviour. More than 9 in 10 worry about high fuel prices while 7 in 10 said real estate conditions are getting worse. A high 7 out of 10 are also worried ...

Vanguard says volatility points to indexing

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2006
If you are looking for your cash plus returns back in a year's time, then roll the dice but Vanguard doesn't want to know about it. If you are serious about a genuine long-term horizon, though, then indexing is a better than average bet. According to ...

Compliance alone doesn't make the grade

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2006
... of advice. "The ASIC shadow shop survey found that consumers were not able to detect bad advice& and this is certainly a worry for ASIC." According to Sanders, ASIC could try to regulate "professionalism" for the industry, but it was a "scary thought" ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2006
... one per cent lower on the back of escalating violence in the Middle East and rising oil prices as investors continued to worry about corporate profits and rising interest rates. The FTSE 100 fell 57.4 points to 5707.6, taking its losses for the week ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
US financial markets took a beating overnight with the stock market, the bond market and the US dollar all retreating. The S&P 500 index fell by 1.8 per cent - the worst performance since January 20, the Dow Jones average fell by a similar 1.8 per cent ...

Boomer Budget bonanza

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2006
... superannuation contributions explosion among millions of baby boomers who can now play super-savings-catch-up without having to worry about losing it all in tax. If this sentiment passes on to younger savers, the superannuation world could be about to ...

Daily economic update

US economic data continues to surprise on the upside, creating doubts over expectations that the US Federal Reserve is nearly finished with its interest rate hikes. US factory orders surged by 4.2 per cent in March following an upwardly revised gain ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2006
While Australia anxiously awaits the RBA's decision on monetary policy, strong US economic reports released overnight kept alive expectations that the US Federal Reserve will continue to raise interest rates. Coming on top of the weekend's strong 4.8 ...

More aware but unlikely to switch super: CARE

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
Over three-quarters of respondents in a recent CARE Super survey said that it was more important to be aware of super than it was 12 months ago, but three-quarters also said they had not considered switching super post-choice. A quarter of respondents ...

Daily economic update

The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) began its two-day meeting last night - the first meeting under the chairmanship of Ben Bernanke. There is almost a unanimous expectation that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by 25 basis points ...