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It's just plain dumb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... equity market - as measured by the All Ordinaries index - lags 'em problem economies. Australians are worried because our real GDP growth slowed to 3.1% in the year to the third quarter from 3.8% in the June quarter and, according to the Australian Business ...

Upside for risk assets in 2013: Threadneedle

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... from worse to bad is one in which astute investors can make considerable amounts of money." Burgess reminds investors that GDP growth and capital market returns are not the same thing and those parked in cash through 2012 missed fantastic opportunities ...

Down, down interest rates are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012

Corporate Asian bonds on fire: HSBC

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... corporate debt playing catch-up with pre-GFC government bond issuances. The rise of local currency bond markets as a share of GDP, in almost all Asian markets has jumped over the past decade, especially with China, India and Thailand where it has more ...

Diamond in the region

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... latest development on the cliff-hanger that is the fiscal cliff. Investors even ignored the large upgrade in US third quarter GDP. Perhaps because it was both good - revised to 2.7% annualised growth from 2.0% (which means a stronger starting point for ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... and alternative investment. So when the Sydney Morning Herald quotes him saying that, "I think we will have a huge drop in GDP (gross domestic product) in early 2013, everything being equal, but it can be mitigated by an aggressive RBA," I shut up and ...

Interest rates to tumble below 2.5%: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... could fall to less than 2.5% during this monetary cycle. He added that despite the IMF's forecast of 2-3% growth in Australian GDP in 2013, inflation adjusted growth has slipped below trend and there are signs of weakness creeping in from other parts ...

Sweeet!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... Greece two extra years (until 2016) to reduce its budget shortfall. And oh, Greece only needs to reduce its debt to 124% of GDP by 2020 and not the 120.5% set in the second bailout or the 120% the IMF demanded. Sweeet! Perhaps it'll be third time lucky ...

Bear market end in sight: AMP Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... Through 2009 and early 2010 the stock market benefited from a quantitative easing fuelled rally only for eurozone debt-to-GDP fears to scare everyone back into safe-havens. But now AMP's chief economist says that the secular bear market is showing signs ...

Aging and deleveraging impact long-term growth: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... population creates a funding crisis where fewer workers must maintain a larger number of retirees and can have a dramatic impact on GDP growth. "The worldwide aging trend, coupled with higher government pension costs, will put significant pressure on ...