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No random walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... Federal Reserve will do." Sounds familiar? And his is not the only hedge fund that has given up altogether. According to Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research Inc. a total of 775 hedge funds were liquidated last year - the most since 2009. I'm afraid that ...

QE hope - must be getting tough again?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... down too - markets seesawing on daily headlines. The latest of which is renewed speculation of Fed stimulus courtesy of Chicago Federal Reserve Bank president Charles Evans. Evans declared on Bloomberg TV that, "I've been in favor of pretty much any ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... 0852 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 17 points at 4,101. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago president Charles Evans said he would support measures to generate faster jobs growth, Bloomberg reports. Stocks also gained ...

Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... than expected 133,000 in May. Weekly jobless claims increased by 10 grand last week. The Institute for Supply Management-Chicago index fell to 52.7 in May - the lowest since September 2009 - from 56.2 in April. Double-dip anyone? In Europe, while the ...

Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... increased by more than expected in March and consumer spending posted its biggest increase since August 2009; the ISM-Chicago Inc. business index dropped by more than expected in April. Now cue in the usual narratives - QE for the US of A and shift towards ...

There's the good news and there's the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... Unemployment Near 10% Cameron Braces for U.K. Confidence Shock on Recession Return And here's another from forexpros.com, "Chicago Fed Index Posts Third Straight Decline" Yet Wall Street decided to go up anyways. Warning, self-gloating ahead. Last 11 ...

ASX appoints Gonski replacement

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... Servcorp Limited. He recently retired as chairman of Snowy Hydro Limited. Prior to 1998 Holliday-Smith spent 11 years in Chicago, first as chief executive of Chicago Research and Trading (CRT), and then as president of NationsBanc-CRT. He was also an ...

AMP Capital brings global mngt in-house

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... Partners chief investment officer global property. Also from BNP Paribas Investment Partners, Joseph Pavnica will lead AMP's Chicago-based real estate team as senior portfolio manager. Pavnica was BNP Paribas Investment Partners head of American real ...

No please explain needed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... to an annualised rate of 3% -- the fastest pace in six quarters -- from the initial estimate of 2.8%. Then there's the Chicago purchasing managers index. The PMI increased to 64.0 in February from 61.5 in the previous month. Expectations were for a drop ...

The majority is wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
"Baby what a big surprise Right before my very eyes" - Chicago Yesterday we became witnesses on how the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) disproved the saying that, "the majority is always right". It kept the country's official cash rate unchanged at ...