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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... business expectations survey is slated for release as is the Australian Industry Group/Pricewaterhouse performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for August. And, the ANZ job advertisements series for August plus the Reserve Bank of Australia commodity ...

Variant Perceptions' variant perception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... banks... buy into defensives (consumer staples and health care) as well as industrials." And that, "Industrials and manufacturing will outperform on lower interest rates and a weaker currency." Finally, "our view is that the Australian equity market ...

Call for change follows Perpetual 57% profit fall

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... of the smartsuper self managed superannuation fund administration business, closed its Dublin-based share funds manufacturing capability, and appointed Wellington Management to manage the funds. Retail distribution was also revised, to focus more on ...

Limboland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... were slightly up after the US Federal Reserve indicated it was leaning towards new economic stimulus efforts and manufacturing data suggested China may take similar measures. Hopes for fresh stimulus boosts in the world's two biggest economies rallied ...

Fall on the Wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... last year. So all good? Errr... perhaps, if the US economy is operating in a vacuum. But it ain't. The HSBC flash manufacturing PMI for China fell to a nine-month low of 47.8 in August from 49.3 in the previous month. More fuel for the hard landers. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... economic data showing a slight rebound in industrial production and home building in July but a downturn in New York manufacturing. At the closing bell, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 7.36 points (0.06 per cent) to 13,164.78, while ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... economic data showing a slight rebound in industrial production and home building in July but a downturn in New York manufacturing. At the closing bell, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 7.36 points (0.06 per cent) to 13,164.78, while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... economic data showing a slight rebound in industrial production and home building in July but a downturn in New York manufacturing. At 0758 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up five points at 4,251. In economic news ...

The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... we've read headlines upon headlines of Australian businesses closing shop, sacking staffs mostly in the retail and manufacturing sectors but just yesterday the AFR reported that Gina Rinehart is hunting for some 8,000 heads to work at the construction ...