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The coming 2013 crash according to Paul B. Farrell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
I tried and I tried and I tried, still I can't get no...nothing from the old brain today. It must be Friday. And a Friday before a long weekend at that. I can report that taper's back off again. Nothing fresh, nothing new. Even the ECB and the BOE that ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Australian stocks have hit a six-week low after the OECD downgraded Australian and world economic growth forecasts, causing mining stocks to tumble. The downbeat prediction from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development also hit US ...

Super funds need low volatility shares for pension portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
Superannuation members in the post-retirement phase should have exposure to lower volatility, income paying stocks, according to Investors Mutual investment director Anton Tagliaferro. Traditional investment theory dictates that as investors grow older ...

Platinum remains bullish on Japan

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
Profits for Japanese companies are set to get higher despite the country already being in a bull market said Kerr Neilson, chief executive and founder of Platinum Asset Management. In an interview with Financial Standard, Neilson said the fund manager ...

Tides to turn for Platinum: Neilson

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
Platinum Asset Management's (Platinum) chief executive Kerr Neilson is confident that the fund will be able to turn around a period of underperformance in its flagship International Fund, saying that the current state of the market has turned to favour ...

Property investments see surge in confidence

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
Sentiment for listed and unlisted property has improved over the last six months with the vast majority of fund managers and analysts now anticipated moderate to strong investment growth from the sectors over the next 12 months, according to the findings ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Dive! Dive! Dive! You've heard the news - our very own currency is top of the pops no more, it's made one hell of celebrity splash over the past week as it fell below parity against the big dollar and continued to head down ...

IG offers Bitcoin bet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
UK-based derivatives trader IG is introducing a "limited risk binary" on volatile internet currency Bitcoin. Described by US tech publication DailyTech as "a peer-to-peer internet-driven cryptocurrency", Bitcoin is notoriously unstable. It soared in ...

Financial markets give the budget a big yawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
"Dizzy, I'm so dizzy my head is spinning Like a whirlpool it never ends..." -Tommy Roe Done listening, watching and reading all about whys, hows, whens and wherefores of budget 2013-14? I know I am, I'm so, like, over it. It's good. No, it's bad. Nah ...

No middle ground post-FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
Will FoFA be the death-knell for mid-size financial services companies? Industry experts predict that some segments could lose out come July. Talking at the 18th Financial Standard Sales and Marketing Forum, National Australia Bank (NAB) head of asset ...