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Good memories

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... an upwardly 3.9% jump Q3. What this tells us is that workers are now able to push for higher pay. And this is giving American consumers confidence to borrow. US consumer credit increased by US$17.8 billion in January following a US$16.3 bil rise in the ...

Lowenhaupt Global Advisors names executive director

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... Lowenhaupt Global Advisors Australia. "Juliet has a long track record of success in applying the best practices of North American family offices to families of significant wealth in Australia." LGAA works closely with Lowenhaupt Global Advisors in the ...

Smart beta gains popularity with instos

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... reportedly considering moving more of their traditional core investments to smart beta strategies. Over 30% of the 82 North American and European pension funds investors surveyed by bfinance expect to have more than 10% invested in such strategies by ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
The Australian dollar has risen after the release of some encouraging economic data from Germany and the US. At 0700 AEDT on Friday, the Australian dollar was trading at 106.84 US cents, up from 106.47 cents on Thursday. Since 1700 AEDT on Thursday ...

KRudd comeback biting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... Foreign Affairs (now former Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs) Kevin Rudd to speak those precise words in front of the American Press - and the world - in Washington, would you? What he said was: "I cannot continue to serve as foreign minister if ...

Volatility is MIA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... This year, investors have a sunnier disposition. You can feel it in the air. But for empirical evidence, there's the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) Sentiment Survey - it "measures the percentage of individual investors who are bullish ...

Extending the extended extension

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... ounce. And so did silver. But gold's ascent is also due to the US dollar's weakening. And this is good too for it improves American businesses' international competitiveness as well as supporting higher commodity prices. Did I say higher commodity prices? ...

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... index jumped by more than 15 points to 56 in November from 40.9 in the previous month. And these increasing confident American consumers are buying cars. Sales of new motor vehicles increased by 2.8% in November to an annualised rate of 13.6 million ...

Betashares launches three new ETFs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... will also launch a Copper Index ETF and a Commondities Basket, which will track the performance of the S&P GSCI North American Copper Index and S&P Light Energy Index with exposure to 24 commodities respectively. "The new commodity ETFs will widen the ...

Quantum launches US residential fund

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... handful of cities to invest in. With Atlanta and Dallas the first target cities, the Fund will look to invest into two more American cities early next year, and up to seven cities over the life of the Fund. Despite the fall in property values across ...