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Riccardian equivalence redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
US President Barack Obama is bringing David Riccardo back from the dead. When the US unveiled its first bailout acronym - TARP -- for the financial sector TARP - last year, I wrote about a theory taught us budding economists called the 'Riccardian equivalence.' ...

Planners gain clean tech fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Asgard Wealth Solutions adds Bakers Investment Group's Alternate Energy Customised Portfolio to its Approved Product List (APL). The portfolio uses a separately managed account (SMA) structure and provides exposure to alternative energy securities across ...

Good Bank Bad Bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
Bad bank sparks optimism in US equities. Last night's decision by the US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Markets Committee to leave interest rates unchanged at virtually zero was a no-brainer. How can it do otherwise when the deepening financial and ...

Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Gung Hay Fat Choy! The English version of Happy New Year has not worked for financial markets so far. Perhaps the Chinese one will. The web says that in Cantonese these words also mean 'may prosperity be with you.' Indeed, may prosperity be with us ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
So it was, so it shall be. The odds - the Dow fell in 12 out of the past 16 US Presidential Inaugurations - have prevailed. Now it's 13 out of 17. The Dow fell by 4.1 per cent and the S&P 500 dropped by 5.3 per cent as Barack Obama is confirmed as the ...

Dragon still on the rise

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
The global financial crisis may have dealt severe blows to many Western economies, but an expert on China predicts the communist country's investment opportunities remain robust despite the forecasted international slowdown. Xisu Wang, principal consultant ...

Wiki me happy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
Web content manager Vignette predicts that social networking tailor-made for corporates will be the next platform on which financial services providers can engage their Gen Y staff and retain their customers. The power of social networking came to the ...

Don't worry, be happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
'Be careful what you wish for.' If there is only one thing Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens will be remembered by, it could be his rational warning to Australians. In a speech before a function sponsored by the Committee for Economic ...

The best forecaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
Those of you who still remember the 'Maestro' - former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan - would also recall one of his musings, the long-term interest rate conundrum. In his testimony before the US Congress in February 2005, Greenspan declared ...

SRI funds need homework: Lonsec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
Research and ratings firm Lonsec warns financial planners to take a closer look at socially responsible investment (SRI) fund screens and recognise their impact on fund performance. The Lonsec Australian and global equity SRI sector review found the ...