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Aussie employment outlook 'slightly dismal': Sloan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... sector," he said. Maddock also said that we have to accept that the winding down of the mining boom will make Australia "poorer".

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... Locally, the mining giants, which sell commodities to China, were weaker with diversified global player BHP Billiton 25 cents poorer at $37.75, Rio Tinto shedding 88 cents to $65.61 and iron ore miner Fortescue losing 19 cents, or 3.35 per cent, to $5.48. ...

I spy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... information is used to "help our friends and our allies, not to harm them". Both Australia and Indonesia would be none the poorer if bilateral relations are severed. Australia's merchandise exports to Indonesia accounted for only 1.9% of total 2012/13 ...

Calendar says buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... calendar says buy. We all know all about the "sell in May" adage on Wall Street because historically, the stock market offers poorer returns between May and October of the calendar year. The flipside of this is to buy in November - hey, that's two weeks ...

Academic questions Libs' super board independence policy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... Wheeler said enforcing strict standards of independence can increase personal conflict, worsen communication and lead to poorer decision making. This topic was prompted by the Coalition's stated intention to legislate that one third of super fund board ...

Women without kids still at super disadvantage

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... women continue to be the primary carers simply a matter of individual preference, but the consequence is that women end up poorer. "All of these facts ensure that women will retire with less money than men and, bizarrely, receive far fewer taxpayer contributions ...

Pengana eyes reporting season short-selling opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... either direction. By holding a stock a manager expects to rise in value and shorting a company within the same sector with poorer prospects, the overall exposure to the movement of the market is zero, and returns are completely dependent on the difference ...

Retail managed funds' fortune set to slide

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... in the underlying investment markets. However, as with retail managed funds, wholesale funds also look set to record a poorer June quarter.

So stupid it could actually make money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... on deposits plan passes as is or not. Latest reports are that the Cyprus government is tweaking it to be less onerous on poorer savers. That seemed to have calmed markets a bit. However, at the end of the day, it's just a replay of what we've been witnesses ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... cents to $30.52, and Westpac improved 13 cents to $30.90. In the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton was 28 cents poorer at $36.79, and Rio Tinto eased 96 cents to $66.09. Among other stocks, broadcaster Ten Network lifted 1.75 cents, or 5.3 ...