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The UK's still OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
Brexit worries aside, the UK economy remains OK. Along with the latest improvement in business and consumer confidence and PMI surveys, industrial and manufacturing output has bounced back. To be sure, market expected industrial and manufacturing rebound ...

Sun rising in Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
The sun appears to be rising in the Land of the Rising Sun. Japanese consumer confidence rose to a reading of 43.1 in December from 40.9 in the previous month supported by a rally in the stock market and the yen's depreciation versus the US dollar. ...

Slack Eurozone labour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
The Eurozone's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.8% in November from October. This is in line with market expectations, the lowest in seven years (September 2009) and an improvement from the 10.5% rate recorded in the same month a year earlier. ...

Every American's turning optimist

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
The IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index continues to run of rising optimism in the United States following Trump's triumph at the November 2016 US presidential polls. The index - designed by the Investor's Business Daily (IBD) and TechnoMetrica Institute ...

Saxo revamps margin trading facility

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... investors to activate dormant holdings without having to sell positions in order to generate cash," Saxo Australia chief executive Ben Smoker said. "This is an attractive proposition, given that some investors previously had to crystallise some capital ...

FPA educating future planning generation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
Engaging the next generation and creating awareness of financial planning as a career is crucial to ensuring the future of the industry, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia. Speaking to Financial Standard, FPA chief executive ...

China's inflation off target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
China's consumer price inflation eased to 2.1% in the year to December from 2.3% in the previous month. This is below Beijing's target of 3.0% and less than market expectations for a 2.3% increase - sparked by four consecutive months of rising producer ...

Trump makes small beautiful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) business optimism index surged to its highest level since December 2004, jumping to a reading of 105.8 last month and continuing the optimism - the index gained 3.5 points to 98.4 in November ...

Offline Australian retail sales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
The 0.2% increase in domestic retail spending in November wasn't in line with market expectations for a 0.4% gain that's for sure. This slowed the annual growth rate in retail spending to 3.3% from 3.5% in October. But I wonder whether Australians' ...

Super changes spark engagement

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
The Federal Government's rollout of the biggest changes to superannuation in more than a decade is seeing financial advisers and investors pay increased attention to portfolio management. At the investor end of the spectrum, Colonial First State is ...