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Markets down, national happiness in positive territory

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... the report argues that "current measures of how well Australia is doing tend to be economic, objective indicators such as Gross Domestic Product, house prices and so on." But we focus on these hard measures because we can and so Australian Unity and ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... Futures Exchange at noon, the March share price index contract was 29 points higher at 5445. In the news, Australian real gross domestic product rose by a seasonally adjusted 0.6 per cent in the December quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. ...

Ventura breaks benchmark shackles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... their skill," said Kate Mulligan, Ventura managing director. Based on historical modeling the Global Opportunities Fund (Gross) outperformed the MSCI World Net Dividends Reinvested Accumulation Index by 14 basis points in January this year. The High ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
... 5,746.1. NEW YORK - US stocks fell on Thursday as worries about the economy grew after a weaker-than-expected reading on gross domestic product and a warning from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that the weak housing market probably will cause ...

US dominoes keep falling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... worse as the sub-prime contagion spreads from the financial sector into other parts of the economy. "The growth of real gross domestic product held up well through the third quarter despite the financial turmoil, but it has since slowed sharply. Labor ...

Local bonds better than the US: PIMCO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
Australia's fixed income market is more attractive than that of the US, according to Bill Gross, Pimco chief investment officer. "Australia has a stronger economy than the US, which says to me Australia is one of the most attractive bond markets as ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market was lower at noon dragged down by the financial sector, lower oil prices and worsening US manufacturing data. At 1205 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 69 points, or 1.24 per cent, at 5514.4 points while the broader ...

G'day Vietnam

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... economy can grow." Nguyen said VECL listed on the NSX because it required less capital to list compared to the ASX. Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) last year was 8.5 per cent and foreign direct investment into the country is expected to reach ...

Reputex to tap $554bn sector

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
Reputex has released its Future Energy Index Series ahead of forecasts that revenue in global alternative energy and water industries will increase six-fold to $554 billion in 12 years. The Future Energy Index Series covers all aspects of the global ...

Australian super funds sticking with equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... Watson Wyatt found Australian superannuation fund asset represented almost 105 per cent of the value of Australia's annual Gross Domestic Product, compared to just 46 per cent a decade ago.