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No QE, not bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... closely. The minutes talked of improvement, expansion and advancement in the economy and easing strains in global financial markets, among a host of other positive assessments. Here's a snippet of the FOMC minutes so you can judge for yourself: "Information ...

No greed, no fear, no volume

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... expectations for global growth have indeed worsened? Now how could the price of copper have any hope of rising if financial markets' are really, truly convinced that China - the biggest gobbler of the metal (it consumes about 40% of total global production ...

Where now brown cow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
There seems to be a sense of calm in the financial markets these days. An eerie calm that makes one wonder what lies inside investors' heads. And usually times like these - times when the market is consolidating - they suggest that the market may have ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... contract was unchanged at 4,270. In economic news on Thursday, Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor (financial markets) Guy Debelle is due to address the Australian DCM Summit 2012 in Sydney. In equities news, Brickworks, Sigma Pharmaceuticals ...

No fear no greed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... than selling on up days. But methinks, what's happening now is a reflection of the reduced volatility in the financial markets that we're seeing lately. And this is underwriting investor confidence. But greed? We're not there yet. For much of the markets' ...

Calls for super industry to up focus on beta

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... asset owners, funds should be at the "top of the tree" in terms of how capital is deployed and the way in which financial markets serve institutional investors. But, Atkin said there is a fundamental disconnect in markets operating short-term, when superannuation ...

Better days are getting happier

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... something like this cannot be ignored. But for moi, this is good - the warning not the call. For it may help to keep financial markets grounded and prevent Gordon "greed is good" Gekko speculators from again creating bubbles that eventually pop. And ...

When optimism rains, it pours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... everywhere and the virtuous cycle that this optimism has started to spin. What a difference a few months make in the financial markets, hey Virginia? Heading into 2012, we were staring at more challenges, more pain, more money to be lost because the ...

Gonski appointed new chair of Future Fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... founding member of the board who was reappointed in 2009 for three years. Harker is also a director of Australian Financial Markets Association Ltd and Investa Property Group, and would bring a "deep understanding of global financial markets, with substantial ...

Upside surprises to surprise on the upside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
Is this what the other side looks like? 'Twas exactly a week ago today that financial markets suffered an attack of the jitters as all things dark and gloomy flashed before their eyes. You, I and Irene remember that day oh so well. The day there was ...