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The Art of War

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... China into buying its securities with the knowledge that their value would collapse. I could only surmise that if this is true, the aim would be to bankrupt China so it no longer presents a threat to the US. But upon reading this, I could not help but ...

Dollar dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... investors (listen China) to believe the mantra that 'it is in nobody's interest to see the US dollar collapse'. This may be true. But wait till China rises from being the third biggest economy in the world to the biggest. Lucky I still have some Chinese ...

Equities could deliver zero returns: JANA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... investors, who lost their savings from the equities markets over the past 20 years. He said trustees must work harder at finding "true diversification", invest in "fewer equities" and pour more into absolute return strategies. He also said that Australian ...

Warning signs in consumer wealth report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... to $4.6 trillion. The volume of this net wealth at more than four times the value of superannuation puts into context the true role played by superannuation as nearly half of household net wealth is due to owner-occupied housing and only one-quarter ...

Joined at the hip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... Treasury notes. This, according to reports suggests that investors are seeking lower risk assets. This could only be half true. The other half-truth is that investors remain willing to finance US government debt. But while the world makes up its mind ...

AXA announces Value of Advice winners

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... recognise the work being done by our practices, particularly during this difficult economic environment. "For an adviser, the true test is by putting yourself in the shoes of your client and recognising how you, as their trusted adviser, have understood ...

Yin to market yang

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... just look through the market noise, some of which can be quite violent, like what happened to resource companies last year." True, resource stocks were hammered last year but those who sold their holdings missed out on the sector's speedy recovery in ...

Three wise men - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... sceptical like Ben (Bernanke, that is) that 'it's still going to feel like a very weak economy for some time." Which is also true given the continued job losses not only in the US economy but elsewhere in many parts of the globe, tighter lending standards ...

SRI super option blitzes market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... said the option has around $75 million under management and is managed by Perpetual. He said the investment mandate is a true SRI investment strategy instead of a "best of sector" approach, which means the strategy was overweight financial stocks, underweight ...

Lady luck to blame for finances: survey

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... financial discontent. The survey also found one in three respondents considered the statement 'money can buy you happiness' to be true.