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The day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... closing shop, more houses will be foreclosed, more wealth will be destroyed, more economies will be trapped into the recession net. Yes we can! A fresh face in the White House could bring about fresh confidence that soon everything will be alright. Mr. ...

Bonds no safer than houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... US Federal Reserve has pushed up the US bond market over the past few months. Fresh signs that the American economic recession is deepening - and so is the world's - have prompted investors to seek shelter in the relative safety of US Treasuries pushing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... economic data and fears that fourth-quarter earnings reports, which begin next week in earnest, will point to a prolonged recession. For the week, the Dow fell 3.7 per cent, the S&P 500 lost 4.5 per cent and the Nasdaq skidded 2.7 per cent. LONDON - ...

Shariah-compliant hedge funds hit the spot

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... Council (GCC) region to boost budget expenditure and run a budget deficit to better manage a scenario of global market recession may act as a catalyst for insulating, to some extent, stock markets in the GCC region from market disturbances." Gentilini ...

Self-fulfilling prophecy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... that it is impacting on our shores. But to hastily jump to a conclusion that Australia is looking down the barrel of recession is downright stupid. At this point, the labour market is just settling to its natural equilibrium level. Recall that just a ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... in both the resources and financial sectors after US stocks plunged overnight on more concerns over the depth of the recession. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 129.7 points, or 3.52 per cent, at 3,557.3 and the broader All Ordinaries ...

Cognacs and chocolates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... per cent and by 5.6 per cent excluding auto sales. With the US unemployment rate at 7.2 per cent and rising and the recession deepening, those Americans who started the sub-prime crisis - the NINJAs (No Income, No Jobs and Assets) - are being joined ...

2009: The lost year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... pass on the full amount of the reduction in interest rates. What is more, banks are tightening lending standards as the recession has increased the likelihood of defaults by corporations and citizens alike. Fiscal largesse in terms of tax cuts and extra ...

Bad tidings we bring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
With the US economy entering its second year of recession, investors need all the best wishes for the New Year to come true. The problems of 2008 have not gone away - they have worsened. The reason why the equity markets' cheery welcome of 2009 faded ...

Embrace the recession: Salt

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
Financial planners should welcome a recession because it weeds out less capable planners and allows solid practices to pick-up market share and grow, according to Bernard Salt, a leading commentator of demographic and consumer trends. Salt said it's ...