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Borrow from Peter to pay Paul

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... conclude, we reprint yesterday's FSIU statement. 'For while the financial sector tempest might calm, the US and global economies continue to reel from the aftershocks - and this is not going away anytime soon. Jobs will continue to be lost, spending ...

Greater fool with no shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... take this opportunity to divest their holdings. For while the financial sector tempest might calm, the US and global economies continue to reel from the aftershocks - and this is not going away anytime soon. Jobs will continue to be lost, spending and ...

GMO opens EM portfolio to new frontiers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
Global investment management firm GMO is broadening its emerging market portfolio to include frontier economies such as Nigeria, Vietnam and the Gulf States. Marco Vangelisti, GMO emerging markets portfolio manager, said the firm is looking to allocate ...

BGI adds two more ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... China and the top 50 companies in Asia. The iShares MSCI BRIC provides access to more than 150 companies in the BRIC economies and the iShares S&P Asia 50 exposes investors to the 50 largest and most liquid stocks in Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. ...

Weak growth confirms RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... deter both the Bank of England and the European Central Bank from lowering interest rates to stimulate their respective economies - both are expected to keep monetary policy steady when they meet later this week. This is in contrast with the RBA's recent ...

Three steadies and a cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... Bank of Canada (BoC), the Bank of England (BoE) and the European Central Bank (ECB) will each decide their respective economies' interest rate settings but only the RBA is expected to lower rates, the rest are forecast to leave rates unchanged. Australia ...

Fundies must upskill in low-carbon world

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
... something that is going to be difficult." It doesn't help that the market downturn and the threat of recession in major economies also mean even the good companies will suffer in the stockmarkets. "So all of these things are likely to be added to the ...

Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
This Week's Market Movers (11 - 15 Aug 2008) Key growth and inflation statistics from the major world economies will compete with the 29th Olympiad in Beijing in holding market attention this week. Australia: The week starts off with the release of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... cent on Thursday as investors took profits after the previous day's surge amid renewed pessimism over the local and US economies. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index lost 129.90 points to end at 13,124.99. HONG KONG - Hong Kong share ...

RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... oil exporting countries who have tonnes of cash to spend. It will be hard to rein in inflation until demand from these economies slow. On this, there is some good news with commodity prices falling sharply overnight. The CRB index dropped by 3.4 percent ...