Aussies embrace financial stocks

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Reserve Bank Bulletin The Reserve Bank Bulletin released yesterday has provided a breakdown of the ownership of Aussie equities. The portfolio allocations between households and institutional investors differ significantly. Mum

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Ignore the confusion in global markets to find outstanding opportunities

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One could be excused for feeling that recent global equity market activity is overly confusing. The bipolar combination of market euphoria today, and despair tomorrow, repeats itself over and over.

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Income strategies expected to surge as dividends improve

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Buybacks returning as era of cautious balance sheets ends Income-based strategies are likely to become more appealing to investors as companies restore their dividends and come under increasing pressure to

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CMC Markets and optionsXpress Australia partner for CFDs and share trading

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Superior education offering combined with cutting edge trading platform provides innovative investment solution CMC Markets and optionsXpress Australia, a leading online derivatives trading firm, today announced a new partnership for

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Weekly market & economic update 10 September 2010

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Headline developments of the past week US President Obama announced plans for another round of fiscal stimulus including increased infrastructure spending, accelerated tax write-offs for new investment that would allow

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Lessons for US shares today from Aust in the early 1990s

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Key points Shares normally go through a tough patch in the second year following a bear market low. This can reflect worries about monetary policy tightening or worries about a

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AMP delivers solid half year A$383 million underlying profit

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AMP Limited has reported an increase in underlying profit to A$383 million for the six months to June 2010, up 4.4 per cent on the six months to June 2009,

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Asgard kicks off 3-year equities roadmap with custodial shares and corporate actions solution

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Asgard has launched its custodial shares solution through eWRAP Investment giving advisers the  ability to manage their clients’ corporate actions online by allowing the platform to take delivery of  all

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Few easy answers when it comes to remuneration

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Determining the degree to which remuneration structures are aligned with shareholder interests continues to be a challenge, according to the latest Corporate Governance Report prepared by AMP Capital Investors. The

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Stock market Bubbles

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Market Bubbles While there is a lot of evidence that stock markets are simply unpredictable, there are times when prices get a long way out of kilter with any sense

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