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Fast Facts
• Just 20 per cent of all stocks listed on the ASX are resource stocks
and this is down from more than 50 per cent in December 1979
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33 per cent of women who are married with children work part-time with a total
of 1.5 million female part-time employees in the Australian workforce compared
with 566,000 male part-time employees
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In 1896 when the Dow Jones Industrial Averages was first published in the Wall
Street Times, it had a value of only 40.74 points and included just 12 companies
including one called Standard Rope and Twine
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Prior to stockmarket quotations being transmitted along the Calais to Dover
cable in 1851, pigeons were used to fly stock prices between Aachen and Brussels
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Only 25 per cent of part time employees are likely to make personal superannuation
contributions compared with 55 per cent of full time employees
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According to the ABS, only 18 per cent of Australians aged between 18-64 years
have a bachelor or higher degree in 2002
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