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Investing on thin ice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... eclipse supply. It's a Catch-22, he said, gauging whether governments will focus on medium-term or long-term risks of economies deteriorating. What's worse, long-term risks such as the needs of the ageing population became medium-term risks after retirement ...

Cash lifelines still strong

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... industrial cyclicals that hope to piggyback on any indication of infrastructure-related spending by governments reigniting economies," said Olney. Overall, the mood outside of Europe has improved - with the proportion of fund managers who predict lower ...

Stimulexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... UK, despite an economy still in retreat. It may not matter much for China and Australia because of their strengthening economies. China is predicted to grow by another 10 per cent this year, pulling Australian growth up along with it. Previous worries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... Investors know that governments at some point have to start withdrawing some of the stimulus measures taken to support their economies but are concerned that they may do it to soon or do too much, jeopardising any upturn, they said. US fourth quarter ...

Good For China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... 'Good for China'. For the same financial crisis that continue to worry governments and central banks of many developed economies has elevated China onto the world stage. Latest reports show that China has already overtaken Germany's national output to ...

Juice flow to continue in 2010

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2010
... in the current investment and economic cycle. And where we are in 2010 is much the same as when 09 preceded 20. The economies of advanced nations remain on the road to recovery but much uncertainty remains as to their sustainability given their weak ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... boosted Japanese stocks and a big improvement in China's exports pointed to rising global demand that could lift other economies in the trade-reliant region. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average jumped 245.05 points, or 2.48 per cent, to 10,107.87 on gains ...

Debt load

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... unused US$200 billion in TARP money to stimulate employment. All well and good but as more money is spent on stimulating economies - leverage is passing from the private sector to sovereigns. It is slowly looking like the GFC all over again, except today ...

Cash is king in Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009

Australians as Asians

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... thinking along those lines when he declared in his post-rate rise statement that, while growth will be modest in major economies..."In China and Asia generally, where financial sectors are not impaired, recovery has been much quicker to date and prospects ...