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US labour market covfefe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... to an annual rate of 1.5% in April from 1.6% in March. More so, given declining inflation expectations - 10-year nominal/TIPS yield differential has fallen to 1.8% from 1.91% at the end of April and 1.94% at the start of 2017. Five-year yield differential's ...

Three steps and yields stumble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... year. This is in line with inflation expectations measured using the yield differential between nominal US Treasuries and TIPS (treasury inflation protected securities). The 10-year yield differential currently stands at 1.82% - down from 2.0% (when ...

Fearless forecasting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... its forecasts. Not so for Macquarie, The Australian Financial Review' headline, dated 1 May 2017, says it all: "Macquarie tips ASX to hit 10,000 in 10 years"... "and to 20,000 by 2040." Wow. That's a 68% jump from the S&P/ASX 200's current level 10 years ...

Obamacare one, Trump nil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... to 2.4% and inflation expectations - measured by the difference between the nominal yield on 10-year US bonds and 10-year TIPS (treasury inflation-protected securities) fell below 2.0%. No more reflation? Likewise, the US dollar index dipped by 0.6% ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... surprisingly, 10-year and five-year inflation expectations - as measured by the yield difference between nominal bonds and TIPS (treasury inflation-protected securities - have recently eased to 2.0% from a high of 2.1% this year (on the tenners) and ...

UniSuper partners to bridge financial literacy gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... eight-to-14-year-olds, the program is designed to educate children about money via activities and games and provides parents with tips on instilling positive money behaviours from an early age; research commissioned by T. Rowe Price found the games helped ...

ASIC gives green light to FPA fees code

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... Australians in improving their financial wellbeing. The Money & Life website will offer up-to-date information, practical tips and real life stories to help Australians manage their finances, while also giving consumers the opportunity to subscribe to ...

Strategy Steps sold to knowIT

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... advisers and provides practical support to help develop financial planning strategies, provides regulatory updates and offers tips to help maximise business opportunities in client reviews. Chief executive of knowIT Wayne Wilson said the company had ...

The best marketing is no marketing for advisers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... former AFA Adviser of the Year Jenny Brown and Al Ramos, the founder of accountancy practice Chess, to offer their practical tips for delegates. Ramos said referrals represent a big chunk of most advisers' future revenue so it was crucial to have a system ...

Top tips to kill your advice business

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... Speaking as part of a focus session at the 2016 AFA National Advisers Conference, Kearney took delegates through his top tips to murder their financial planning businesses. His first tip focused on strategy and steering clear of the frontier. "The murder ...