Cheaper homes encourage buyers

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Housing finance; Credit card lending; Weekly Petrol Price Lending to build new homes recorded a healthy increase in December. Loans for the construction of dwellings rose by 1.0 per cent... Read more continue reading

Insync FM Sees a Better Way into Emerging Markets Through Power Brands such as Nestlé

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International equity fund manager, Insync Funds Management, believes that the best way to access the investment returns in expensive emerging market companies is to follow the consumer power brands into... Read more continue reading

Budget deficit target at risk

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Federal budget The underlying budget deficit continued its modest improvement, easing from $59.3 billion in the twelve months to November 2010 to $58.5 billion in the 2010 calendar year. CommSec... Read more continue reading

Weekly market & economic update – 11 February 2011

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Headline developments of the past week China continued to tighten the monetary screws with another interest rates hike. This should not really have been a surprise to anyone and further... Read more continue reading

RBA Testimony – Rates solidly on hold

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Semi-annual testimony The Reserve Bank Governor has delivered the clearest message yet that interest rates are on hold for some time. The tone and comments from the testimony is consistent... Read more continue reading

FPA lobbying helps secure ASIC’s role as sole regulator of Financial Planners

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The Financial Planning Association (FPA) supports today’s announcement having fought hard for ASIC to remain the sole regulator of Financial Planners. ASIC oversees the regulation of financial planners and all... Read more continue reading

Jobless rate steady but young workers left behind

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Labour force Employment rose by 24,000 people in January, slightly above forecasts centred on gains of around 15,000 (range from -11,000 to +35,000 jobs). The December result was revised lower... Read more continue reading

Wholesale and Retail Clients Future of Financial Advice

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1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 As part of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, the Government announced that it would consider the appropriateness of the distinction between wholesale and retail clients... Read more continue reading

CMC Markets predicts nice and nasty earnings season

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Every earnings season holds a couple of surprises. Some nice, some nasty. The nice surprises are going to come from the mining companies in line with higher commodity prices while... Read more continue reading

Investor Signposts: Week Beginning February 13 2011

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The big picture The big issue across the globe at present is inflation. At the start of the year sharply rising food prices prompted riots in Algeria, with dissatisfaction quickly... Read more continue reading