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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... 17.08 points, to 2,046.59. With few leads for direction, investors were given a lift by better-than expected data on the US retail sector, a key driver of the economy. The Commerce Department said durable goods orders rose 2.2 per cent in February from ...

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... investors, so shall this one. This becomes especially true when you consider recent macro releases. Better-than-expected US retail sales and weekly jobless claims; improved German trade with both exports and imports growing at their fastest pace in nearly ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... the outlook for US stimulus. The blockbuster sale of smartphone messenger Whatsapp to Facebook and weak earnings at US retail giant Wal-Mart also weighed on sentiment on Thursday. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day up 0.24 per cent at 6,812.99 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... of Tuesday's losses due to a strong lead from the US. Wall Street finished strongly firmer after official data showed US retail sales rose by a stronger-than-expected 0.2 per cent in December. Locally, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 33.4 points ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... senior private client adviser Bill Chatterton said a rally on Wall Street, which was buoyed by better-than-expected US retail sales figures, was the main driver of the turnaround. "Wall Street was quite a bit stronger, so we've followed that," he said. ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat after falls on international markets despite better-than-expected US retail figures. At 0830 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down six points at 5,306. In economic news ...

QIC wins AustralianSuper US property mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
AustralianSuper has appointed direct property fund manager QIC to manage its US retail property investments. As of June 2013, AustralianSuper already had $1.1 billion in pooled investments with the Australian investment manager, which specialises in ...

Advice insto ownership steps up post GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
One-quarter of financial advisers are in licensees that have changed ownership since the GFC and 80% of affected advisers have gone into advice groups owned by the big six bancassurance groups, reveals the 2013 Rainmaker Financial Planning Report. "The ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
... (0.27 per cent) at 1,687.99, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index increased 6.22 (0.17 per cent) to 3,722.18. US retail sales, a closely watched benchmark of economic health, rose just 0.2 per cent in August, below the 0.4 per cent expected by ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... closed at all-time highs for the third straight session as in-line Chinese economic growth data offset disappointing US retail sales figures. US retail sales rose just 0.4 per cent in June, below the 0.7 per cent expected by analysts. But China's second-quarter ...