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Fed policy options galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... run out of writing space. Read the full document here: http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/2002/20021121/default.htm. Now bring me the head of the guy who's peddling the notion that the Fed has ran out of options.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
The Australian market looks ready to open strongly today, following rebounds in Europe and on Wall Street on more positive data overnight, but against a background of extreme volatility. At 0656 AEST on the ASX 24, the September share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
The Australian stock market is expected to follow Wall Street into another day of steep declines, after New York indices all plunged by around six per cent overnight. At 0721 AEST on the ASX 24, the September share price index futures contract was 153 ...

Govt provides reverse mortgage guarantees

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... characteristics," said Shorten. Additionally, better disclosure of the financial consequences of reverse mortgages and higher default requirements. If the changes pass, lenders will be obligated to "take reasonable steps" to contact the borrower in person ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... and WorldCom were given the highest ratings possible - AAA, which is often referred to as the risk-free rating - only to default under the weight of accounting chicanery and management lies. Bear Stearns wasn't downgraded until the day it went under. ...

Markets crash as recession fears hit

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... pay given their existing levels of debt," he said. Eslake said in the US the focus had switched from the risk of US debt default to weaker-than-expected first-half economic data. "All eyes tonight will be on the release of the employment data for July ...

Buy the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... continued to decline (investors were buying US bonds despite intensified speculation on the 4Ds - deficit, debt, downgrade, default - over the past few weeks). You've already seen the stats: The S&P 500 dropped by 4.8% last night - its worst single-day ...

Government bowing to pressure on super risk commissions

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... actually delivering a product to an individual," said Shorten. "I don't see the case for commissions on insurance through default or group policies but I've certainly been open and listening carefully to the proposition around individually advised risk ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... gains for 2011, as poor economic data overshadowed a congressional deal to raise the country's debt ceiling and avoid default. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 265.87 points, or 2.19 per cent, to 11,866.62. The broader S&P 500 dropped by 2.56 per ...

S.O.S

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... of chicken in Washington was playing - an opposite reaction anyone would expect when being spooked over debt, deficit, default and downgrade. It was only last night when the noises coming out of Washington over the debt subsided that equity markets realised ...