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Forecasting foibles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... notches in 2008, eh? Actual fourth quarter 2008 real GDP growth figures show many, if not most, economies severely in recession. The IMF's forecast was clouded by the boom of previous years. Perhaps getting more data points would help improve the forecast? ...

Regulate...then regulate some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
True to script, history has not failed us. Like in most episodes following widespread market upheavals, increased regulation makes a comeback for an encore. Taking advantage of the global disgust at the rapid erosion of wealth caused by 'inventive' ...

Vanguard launches ETFs in Oz

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... of shares. With current investment markets experiencing significant volatility and global economies showing signs of recession, the benefits of ETFs and indexing have come to the fore. The liquidity, diversification and flexibility of these funds has ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... Reserve announced its plan to buy $US1 trillion ($A1.51 trillion) of bonds in a bid to pull the US economy out of a severe recession. At 0647 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 22 points at 3,491. On the economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... in late selling, ending a four-day bull run based on cautious optimism that the economy would begin to recover from recession despite many challenges ahead. The Dow Jones slipped 7.01, or 0.1 per cent, to 7,216.97. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell ...

Savings paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... coverage these days). According to Wikipedia, 'the paradox states that if everyone saves more money during times of recession, then aggregate demand will fall and will in turn lower total savings in the population because of the decrease in consumption ...

Spring springs on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... stressed that the government remains committed to providing major institutions with adequate capital to weather the recession and meet their obligations. 'Government assistance to avoid the failures of major financial institutions has been necessary ...

Fanning the flames of fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... experts. The perennial bear, Nouriel Roubini, predicts that the S&P 500 could drop to 600 or lower this year as the global recession intensifies. Merrill Lynch economist David Rosenberg joined the chorus and also forecast a similar level for the S&P ...

Stanford slashes costs to save endowment

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... budget next year. This is approximately $47 million more than originally anticipated, due to the deepening national recession and global economic crisis and its continuing impact on university finances, Provost John Etchemendy announced last week. Stanford ...

Chinese medicine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... markets would again find a thousand and one excuses to sell. Australia - with one foot inside the grave of a technical recession - has a particular vested interest in seeing China succeeding in reviving its economy. But the Chinese medicine that is expected ...