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Lower fees, broader choices
James Dunn
EXCHANGE-TRADED funds, which offer new ways to spread investments, are catching on with fee-based financial planners.
Careful investors want simplicity
Geoffrey Newman, Editor
VANILLA is in. More complicated, confusing flavours are out of fashion.
Benefits of steady income streams
ASX investor education
LAST year investors experienced the second-worst bear market in history.
Let a fund manager do the work
Brett Arends
OWNING individual stocks can work in a bull market but look out when the bear's on the prowl.
Value among emerging gold diggers
CRITERION: Tim Boreham
IN a commodities market that has gone decidedly off-script over the past four months, it is heartening to see gold sticking to the...
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Taking a step back from SMSFs
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THERE are ways to lessen the burden of your own super fund.
IPOs grind to a halt
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Retail Consumer - Top Gainers & Losers
| Company Name | Price | Change | %Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platinum Australia | 0.65 | +8.5 | UP | +13.04% |
| St Barbara | 0.46 | +3.2 | UP | +6.97% |
| Sino Gold | 5.98 | +41.7 | UP | +6.97% |
| Sunland Group | 0.44 | +2.6 | UP | +6.02% |
| Atlas Iron | 1.28 | +5.2 | UP | +4.06% |
| Macquarie DDR | 0.05 | -0.4 | Down | -8.93% |
| Seek Ltd | 2.21 | -20.0 | Down | -9.06% |
| Babcock & Brown Japan Property Trust | 0.24 | -2.3 | Down | -9.44% |
| Hastings Diversified Utilities | 1.50 | -16.1 | Down | -10.72% |
| Macmahon | 0.33 | -5.1 | Down | -15.39% |
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THE market wants to see a credible strategy to thaw credit, but the US Treasury Secretary has not provided it.
IPOs grind to a halt
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Rich people won't look twice
Robert Frank
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API working hard to rise again
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Low interest winners and losers
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Boss's contributions not tax-free
Tony Negline
AT law, trusts do not have any separate legal identity.
Joint owners or tenants in common?
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IAG raises $550m, cuts payout
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Creativity is booming
Christina Binkley
Judging from the styles on display at fashion week, a recession does wonders for creativity.
Sowing the seeds for sandalwood
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Europe bank fears hit bourse
Allison Jackson
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The fashion 'correction'
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Love shake, baby
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Michelle's Vogue cover
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Michelle Obama has ended her relative seclusion by appearing on the cover of the March issue of US Vogue magazine.
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LEADING restaurateur Neil Perry has vowed never to open another restaurant in Australia.
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