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Hidden threat may lurk on bank balance sheets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... Perpetual, said it was the billions of dollars worth of interest-only loans that were making him nervous. "Those investors are betting that rates don't go higher and that property prices keep rising," he said. But credit demand in Australia is shrinking ...

AllianceBernstein bullish on molecular medicine

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... China, heightened cyclicality, financial reformation and the largest of all, energy transformation. AllianceBernstein is betting on battery technology, smart grids and nuclear with the expectation that both China and the Middle East will invest heavily ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... inflation does not turn into deflation - which would raise the "real" cost of government debt. We all know that nobody wins betting against the Fed.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... US aluminium giant Alcoa got the corporate quarterly results season off to a bad start and hit investors who had been betting that the US economy was picking up momentum. An IMF downgrade of its US growth forecast alongside a weakening in an investor ...

Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... 75 per cent of the time? Maybe not a 100 per cent but these are still good statistical odds for anyone thinking about betting against the January effect. More so now that US economic data are - one after the other - confirming that America is now in ...

Strong dollar fuels shift to unhedged intl equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... to the currency status through the investments chosen either directly, through fund managers or platforms. "If you are betting that this is the highest the Australian dollar is going to reach and that it is going to come back down, your clients can make ...

The Cup, the RBA and the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
If you're a betting man, this is your week. There's a trifecta of events coming your way. The nation will stop tomorrow for the race that stops a nation. Odds-on favourite is for So You Think to pass the finish line in strides. We shall see! But even ...

Inflation no show

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... Easy! You can call me Ben Stevens from this day forth. My exaggeration is to emphasise the sheer stupidity of the crowd betting on an RBA rate hike (or not) based on one single, old number. I say stupid because if you think about it, it's like saying ...

Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... U.S., assuming financial markets "continue to stabilize." St. Louis Fed President Bullard (June 14): "Not everyone is betting Europe will drag down U.S. growth... unless Europe deteriorates further, the U.S. is "probably a beneficiary of the crisis" ...

Goldman Sachs accused of fraud

SEC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... and simple," said Robert Khuzami, director of the Division of Enforcement. "Goldman wrongly permitted a client that was betting against the mortgage market to heavily influence which mortgage securities to include in an investment portfolio, while telling ...