The inventories puzzle solved

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Economic Perspectives The GDP (economic growth) figures were released last week. And the question we are getting asked most is what is the story with inventories – that is, unsold

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PIMCO wins Morningstar Fixed Interest Fund Manager of Year Award

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PIMCO has won the fixed interest award for both 2010 and 2009. Morningstar said PIMCO’s deep pool of global talent continues to reward Australian investors Fixed interest manager PIMCO/Equity Trustees

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SMSFs to be Their Own ‘Bank’ to Fund Investment

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SMSFs Receive Rent for Leasing the Orchard Assets to Growers!  While this is the eighth year that Almond Investors Limited has made an Almond Project available to the retail market,

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House approvals slump to near 2-year lows

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Building Approvals; Trade; New Vehicle Sales The outlook for home builders is gloomy. Council approvals to build news homes slumped by 15.9 per cent in January. In annual terms approvals

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Investor Signposts: Week Beginning March 6 2011

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The big picture The Reserve Bank Governor isn’t one to gloat. But you can certainly sense from the latest interest rate decision that Glenn Stevens is pretty pleased with the

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‘Next Generation’ of financial advice shows industry the way ahead

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Leading wealth advisory firm Centric Wealth today announced an integrated new portfolio management approach that represents a step change in the delivery of professional financial advice in Australia. Years in

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Cash flowing back to ING PEAL

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Listed investment company, ING Private Equity Access Limited (ASX code: IPE), has announced that another two of its underlying private equity investments will be returning cash to the company. In

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Economic expansion still stuck in second gear

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National accounts Australia’s record economic expansion is now well into the 20th year. The Australian economy grew by 0.7 per cent in the December quarter, after lifting by a downwardly

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Income investors turn to global equities

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Forecast double-digit earnings to drive dividend growth Income-seeking investors will increasingly turn to global equities in 2011, with leading international asset manager Threadneedle forecasting that key international markets will experience

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Earnings season: Headwinds aplenty

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Corporate profit season The profit-reporting season has largely concluded, although there are a small number of ASX 200 companies to report. CommSec has assessed the results of the 120 companies

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