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Australian Consumer Sentiment Rises
October 15th, 2014
A measure of Australian consumer sentiment rose in October, steadying from a sharp fall in the previous month as households signaled they were more confident about the longer term economic outlook. The survey of 1,200 people by the Melbourne ...
China’s inflation rate slows to near five-year low
October 15th, 2014
The inflation rate in China slowed more than expected in September to a near five-year low, adding to concerns that global growth is cooling. China’s inflation rate slowed more than expected in September to a near five-year low, adding ...
Grandfathers with a future
October 15th, 2014
Diversification has proven to be, over time, the most successful investment strategy. For this purpose, the best tool that can someone use to achieve diversification is nowadays, ETFs. What are ETFs ETFs or Exchange Traded Funds are similar to ...
U.S. small business confidence drops in September
October 14th, 2014
U.S. small business optimism fell in September as more owners said they expected a slowdown in profits and sales, tightening credit conditions and a harder time filling job openings, according to a survey released on Tuesday. The National Federation ...
Calculating the Grim Economic Costs of Ebola Outbreak
October 14th, 2014
The topic everyone on Wall Street is discussing urgently but quietly isn’t the volatile global stock market. It is Ebola. While thousands of health care workers seek to control the deadly virus in West Africa, and the Centers for ...
Gold – Eyes on Previous Key $1240 Level
October 14th, 2014
Gold for Tuesday, October 14, 2014 For the last few weeks Gold has enjoyed solid support at $1215 after falling strongly a couple of weeks ago from $1240 to just below $1215, however a couple of weeks ago it ...
Five reasons oil prices are dropping
October 14th, 2014
As oil prices continue to fall, analysts and producers are trying to wrap their heads around the reasons and identify a floor price. Even though crude benchmarks like Brent and WTI keep dropping, the cost of finding oil continues ...
Australia 200 – Threatening to Return to 5000
October 14th, 2014
Australia 200 for Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Since the beginning of September the Australia 200 Index has declined strongly from its multi-year high after running into resistance around 5650 back to enter its previously established trading range between 5400 ...
New Chinese coal import tax causes disaster for Australian miners
October 14th, 2014
China’s bombshell decision to impose tariffs on coal imports could prove to be the tipping point for Australian miners already struggling to stay afloat. The move by the economic powerhouse to introduce the new duty of between 3% and ...
The Age of Vulnerability
October 13th, 2014
Two new studies show, once again, the magnitude of the inequality problem plaguing the United States. The first, the US Census Bureau’s annual income and poverty report, shows that, despite the economy’s supposed recovery from the Great Recession, ordinary ...
