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No instant gratification

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... No Virginia, this will take time. The gamut of government plans, measures and packages will eventually work. But the recession still needs to play out. US and European equity markets slumped again as downbeat US economic data released overnight brought ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... open significantly lower after US stocks slumped overnight as economic reports there showed the economy is headed for a recession, if not there already. At 0753 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was ...

Sober and sombre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... repeating the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's (FSIU) words in yesterday's daily commentary. 'A global economic recession still needs to be played out in order to weed out the excesses that have accumulated in the system and restore its health. ...

Depression no more?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... Depression period, the turbulence in the financial system will be reflected in the broader economy. A global economic recession still needs to be played out in order to weed out the excesses that have accumulated in the system and restore its health. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... worried that recent moves by authorities worldwide to thaw frozen credit markets might not be enough to avert global recession. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 678.91 points, or 7.33 per cent, to end at 8,579.19, its first close below 9,000 since ...

Patience is a virtue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... financial markets have reached, or are very close to, critical mass. Investors have already factored in a global economic recession, perhaps a depression. Investors have already factored in speculation that many other institutions - big and small - would ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... worried that recent moves by authorities worldwide to thaw frozen credit markets might not be enough to avert global recession. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 678.91 points, or 7.33 per cent, to 8,579.19. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 95.21 ...

The global recession we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... to dump their stock holdings, perhaps wishing for a larger reduction, but more likely fearing the impact of a global recession. Even US government bonds provided no shelter. US government bond yields -- from 1 to 30-year maturity - all rose following ...

PIS creates NZ advice giant

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... Bennetts. Grahame Evans, PIS managing director, said the New Zealand group would not be heavily impacted by the country's recession. "Newpark has been a life risk business and that business is not receding and is reasonably recession proof. The majority ...

Central Banks must unite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... tension. Certainly lower interest rates will help. As discussed yesterday, the economy turned around during the 1990/91 recession after deep cuts in interest rates. Lower interest rates generated better yield spreads for banks, debtors saved on interest ...