Dear Subscriber/Reader,FNArena is surveying investor sentiment in Australia in an effort to generate, over time, a similarly leading gauge as the AAII Investor Sentiment Survey in the US.
Admin System May 18, 2011
The Australian share market drifted higher in quiet trading Tuesday as heavyweight mining stocks led a broad based recovery in the local bourse after it hit an eight week low on Monday.
Jamelle Agbuis May 18, 2011
US industrial output was unchanged in April against expectations of a 0.4pct rise. Capacity utilisation eased from 77.0pct to 76.9pct in April. US housing starts fell by 10.6pct in April. Compared to April last year residential construction was down 23.9pct. New building permits fell 4pct in April.
Jamelle Agbuis May 18, 2011
Leading manufacturer British American Tobacco Australia (BATA) on Tuesday launched a national media campaign against the Federal Government's proposed plan to impose plain packaging on cigarettes that could harm marketing and sales.
Christine Gaylican May 18, 2011
The technology and consumer-discretionary sectors led stocks lower Monday as weak economic data spurred worries of a softening economy and Europe's debt crisis kept investor sentiment in check.
Jamelle Agbuis May 17, 2011
The Australian dollar jumped and recovered its four-day loss as an impact of the Reserve Bank's hint that benchmark rates may soon rise up at some point.
Christine Gaylican May 17, 2011
SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) and Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) have announced an expansion of their long-standing relationship that will deliver new cloud and in-memory computing offerings to help organizations transform their businesses.
Carlo Fernandez May 17, 2011
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is rolling out today an expansion to features on its Bing search engine that would display personalized results based on what trusted friends recommend on Facebook, the world's most popular social network.
Carlo Fernandez May 17, 2011
Pyxis Mobile, provider of the only cross-device mobile application development platform designed to meet customers' constantly changing needs, announced today that the company has partnered with Smartsoft International, Inc., to expand its platform's SAP integration and mobilization capabilities.
Preciosa Dumlao May 17, 2011
Unfortunately, at lunch the Australian sharemarket has not yet managed to come back after falling by over 1.3 pct yesterday. The S&P/ASX 200 index (XJO) is up a modest 0.1 pct or 4.4 pts to 4654.4.
Lawrence Villamar May 17, 2011
Australia's Reserve Bank has hinted that higher interest rates maybe inevitable to contain the jump in consumer prices, authorities said.
Christine Gaylican May 17, 2011
By Greg PeelI'm not going to say anything, just offer these monetary policy conclusions from past RBA statements and minutes, and from today's May minutes.
Admin System May 17, 2011
Newedge, a global leader in multi-asset brokerage and clearing, today posted the monthly performance data for its suite of Hedge Fund Indices:
Preciosa Dumlao May 17, 2011
Japan's Sony Inc has resumed the partial operations of its leading PlayStation Network and Qriocity entertainment services in the U.S. and Europe after more than three weeks that they were attacked by hackers, the company said in a statement.
Christine Gaylican May 17, 2011
Crown land in the Pilbara could be given away for free as long as developers commit to build luxury high-rise apartments.
Jamelle Agbuis May 17, 2011
Face-to-face client interviews do not have to take place in person and can be held online, a law firm has stated.
Jamelle Agbuis May 17, 2011
Work is an important component of adult life. Australians spend on average 64 hours per week doing it. Despite it being such an important and large part of our adult life, people experience a range of problems and impacts related to work, including stress.
Jamelle Agbuis May 17, 2011
AUD had and extremely choppy night with an early rally in Europe on the positivity surrounding the Portugal rescue packageseeing risk currencies bought strongly. This euphoria didn’t last long however and as commodities got sold aggressively the AUD also felt the effects. Today seems dependant on what the RBA has to say in their minutes and looks range-bound prior.
Lawrence Villamar May 17, 2011
First it was retail sales for March, then the labour force figures for April; now housing finance data for March has come in weak and surprisingly so.
Jamelle Agbuis May 17, 2011
As Finance Ministers and Eurozone policymakers meet to discuss the options available to some of the Eurozone's fiscally troubled states, the common currency is finding support from the earlier release of higher than expected core inflation data.
Jamelle Agbuis May 17, 2011
By Greg PeelThe last two weeks have seen carnage in spot commodity markets, yet uranium's trajectory has been to the upside.
Admin System May 17, 2011
Brokers may not be able to differentiate their service offering from that of the banks enough to justify charging a fee, it has been claimed.
Jamelle Agbuis May 17, 2011
By Lior Cohen, Energy Analyst for Trading NRG3 Reasons Silver Has Underperformed Gold During MayDuring March and April silver has outperformed gold price by a landslide, and yet during May (so far) it seems that the tables have turned and gold price is outperforming silver price.
Admin System May 17, 2011
By Greg PeelThe Dow closed down 47 points or 0.4% while the S&P lost 0.6% to 1329 and the Nasdaq lost 1.
Admin System May 17, 2011
- Greece is now in too deep a hole- Debt restructuring is inevitable- Restructuring will be orderly so as to avoid contagionBy Greg Peel“Greece is in a negative feedback loop in which high restructuring probability implies precarious debt dynamics, while such dynamics imply even higher default...
Admin System May 17, 2011
Hedge funds gained 1.32% in April according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year-to-date the Index is up 3.24%.
Preciosa Dumlao May 17, 2011
Oliver Schupp, President of Credit Suisse Index Co., LLC, said, "The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index rose 1.80% in April, with nine out of ten sectors posting positive performance for the month. Managed Futures was the best performing sector for the month, finishing up 5.40%."
Preciosa Dumlao May 17, 2011
Net capital inflow to the US was US$116 billion in March, up from US$95.6 billion in February and US$38.7 billion in January. Chinese holdings of treasuries eased from $1.1541 trillion to US$1.1449 trillion. The National Association of Home Builders index was unchanged at +16 in May.
Lawrence Villamar May 17, 2011
Traders were content to play the ranges during yesterday’s Asian session once support kicked in around the US105 cent area. The Australian Dollar moved back up towards 1.0560 despite economic data revealing that the number of home loans approved in Australia fell to a 10-year low in March.
Lawrence Villamar May 17, 2011
The technology and consumer-discretionary sectors led stocks lower Monday as weak economic data spurred worries of a softening economy and Europe's debt crisis kept investor sentiment in check.
Lawrence Villamar May 17, 2011
