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Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... suddenly realised that the ECB and the PBOC's early Christmas gift-giving underlined the growing risks to the global growth outlook. Duh! Did anybody think for even a millisecond that the ECB and the PBOC did what they did out of the goodness of their ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... on a moderate increasing trend as corporate profits have continued to improve markedly." Or that, "With regard to the outlook, Japan's economy is expected to continue recovering moderately". But it is not. Yesterday's disappointing trade data adds to ...

Pengana finding plenty to buy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... hold unlimited amounts of cash if suitable investments can't be found. "I'm probably more bearish than most about the outlook in terms of China and US growth and these macro things. But gee we're finding things to buy. We're more fully invested than ...

FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... a positive. The economy is improving, full employment has been met and there will be more confidence in the inflation outlook." A quest for yield "One year ago, people thought that the global economy was going well and that US growth would be at around ...

Inflation expectations says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... somewhat disappointing and, as always, we are closely monitoring developments that could affect our sense of the economic outlook and the risks surrounding that outlook." With less than 3 months to go before we say bye-bye to 2015, the Fed's still unsure ...

NIRP before lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... meet: "Most participants continued to anticipate that, based on their assessment of current economic conditions and their outlook for economic activity, the labor market, and inflation, the conditions for policy firming had been met or would likely be ...

Holding pattern

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... economic and financial conditions to be received over the period ahead will inform the Board's ongoing assessment of the outlook and hence whether the current stance of policy will most effectively foster sustainable growth and inflation consistent with ...

China puts another one in the bag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... are mounting over the Middle Kingdom's slowing economy in recent months but even the IMF, in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) -- released 6 October -- left its growth prediction for China's economy unchanged from July's 6.8% this year and 6.3% ...

Senate hears too many holes for women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... their male counterparts and that the gap in median balances - which provides a more accurate picture of the retirement outlook for most women - appears to have widened," Garcia said. Modeling for Industry Super Australia (ISA) by actuaries at Rice Warner ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... euro crisis concerns. Nikko Asset Management's global investment committee (GIC) said it is less optimistic about the outlook of corporate earnings and share prices in the United States. The committee has also pushed back its forecasted timing of the ...