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Volatility: a new asset class?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... just from the direction but through other ways," he said. Unlike the more basic tactic of profiting from volatility by betting on the movement of the fear index, Mauppin-Higashino said their strategy taps on not one, but three key engines of performance. ...

Another red-lettered year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... should hope for a 37.8 per cent gain at today's close to produce a zero year-on-year return. Good luck! Perhaps it's better betting on tonight's A$90 million OZ Lotto draw. Yes Virginia, expect another superannuation statement detailing your losses for ...

They will, they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... China's purchasing managers index above 50 - indicating that manufacturing there is once again expanding. They will. Those betting on another rate cut today points to the sharply deteriorating jobs outlook in the domestic economy. Lay-offs still abound ...

Green sprouts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... Australian Labour Force Report which will be released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at 11:30 AM, our time. Market betting is that the report will show 25,000 to 30,000 jobs lost in March after a 1,800 increase in the previous month. And oh my ...

NAB gambles on its IFS model

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... important outcomes of the strategy review Clyne has been conducting since January. But the biggest risk he is taking is betting that business customers of all sizes can be serviced by the same division. Clyne is pinning a lot of his hopes on the business ...

Focus on the good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... rating to negative from stable. Subject to spin. Tomorrow's US employment report may again rattle investors' nerves. The betting is that another 540,000 Americans received pink slips in January. Certainly, this will be again subject to spin. Much the ...

Bigger fish to fry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will release data showing how consumer prices fared in the December quarter. Odds on betting is that, given the economic slowdown, domestic inflation will level off from a 13-year high (excluding the GST-induced ...

Four Bad 'Bers'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... sentiment in each nation -- along with the dampening effect on price pressures that these bring - financial markets are betting not on whether these monetary authorities will cut interest rates, but by how much. They each could cut their respective benchmark ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... rebound after sending the Dow Jones industrials briefly below 8,000. Investors drove the Dow up more than 500 points, betting that the market has priced in enough bad news. The initial selloff began early in the day after the Labor Department reported ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... a gain of 2.65 points, or 0.21 per cent, to 1,251.70. LONDON - European stocks closed higher on Friday, with investors betting that the US authorities will ensure that failing investment bank Lehman Brothers finds a saviour and ease the pressure on the ...