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Riccardian equivalence redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... 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.' In simple terms, the Riccardian equivalence theory posits ...

The January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... celebrate, be aware that this 'rule' has also been proven to be a fallacy. What has been determined to be more accurate is the theory that the market's performance for the entire month of January predicts the direction of equities for the remaining 11 ...

Thumbs up for high conviction: van Eyk

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... current financial environment," said van Eyk head of investment research Nigel Douglas. Van Eyk's latest review tested the theory over 14 managers which were high conviction stock pickers. Fund managers that incorporated top-down or macro analysis to ...

Three wise economists

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... deficit. These are interesting times and in a span of just over a year, the US economy has learnt that Adam Smith's economic theory of laissez faire or the invisible hand is subject to abuse. Smith argued that the government should leave individuals ...

Borrow from Peter to pay Paul

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... implications of the US administration's rescue package - which until now is still being debated in Washington - and confirms our theory that the spectacular two-day rally have been partly as a result of investors and speculators covering their shorts. ...

Moral hazard remains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... under conditions of competition and common law, would be a self-regulating and highly prosperous economy, gave way to the theory posited by John Maynard Keynes in his opus, 'The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. Keynes postulated that ...

Getting the right mix

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... but exploiting diversity has to start with picking the right manager from the outset, said an industry expert. While in theory, diversification within a multi-fund is about top performing fund managers offsetting the poor returns of poor performing [or ...

Uni students get Praemium help

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... generation fund managers and stockbrokers. "This is a great opportunity for students to apply their knowledge of portfolio theory and get a hands-on feel for the real world," said Naoumidis. Will Bertram, Head of the Financial Mathematics Group, from ...

Wanted: Wharton scholar

CAMERON BOGGS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... executives representing the financial interests of over 10 million Australians. Participants will learn about modern portfolio theory, asset allocation and behavioral finance. The course also examines issues related to stocks, bonds, derivatives, real ...

Emissions trading won't fix climate change: expert

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... could create an incentive for carbon neutral electricity to compete head to head at a considerable price discount, the theory being that traditional power companies will be forced to improve (ie lessen) their carbon production footprint to lower their ...