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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... choppy market, recovering from earlier losses as firmer metal prices pulled miners out from the red and on brighter US consumers' mood. The FTSE 100 closed at 6,242 points, up 2.1 or 0.03 per cent. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6,788.23 points ...

Daily economic update

... business' closures in celebration of the Lunar New Year. However, this is likely to be only temporary because of US consumers' high propensity for spending on cheap imports. The low level of imports from China is also unlikely to derail the protectionist ...

Know thy market: Deloitte

The buying power of the baby boomer generation is undeniable but the latest Deloitte survey found the industry should adopt new ways to address the needs of this market. The consulting firm has released a report titled "Wealth with wisdom - serving ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2004
... The Dow Jones industrial average and the broader S&P 500 Index both lost ground in light trading. A report showed US consumers slowed their spending pace in April while a key measure of inflation moderated, giving the Federal Reserve leeway to make only ...

Greeenspan says US businesses, consumers able to handle rate rise

US consumers and businesses are financially fit enough to take an interest rate rise, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday. On Tuesday, Greenspan and fellow policymakers indicated the days of rock-bottom rates -- with the federal funds ...

Financial planners must raise their game on advice, fees: Morgan

Paul Cully Australia's wealth management industry must improve the quality of advice and transparency of its fee structures to regain the confidence of suspicious consumers, according to Westpac's chief executive officer David Morgan. Addressing a Committee ...
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