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Trouble not terribly troubling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... reality. But it is the autocrats of Yemen, Jordan, Bahrain, Iran and now Libya that are trembling... not the financial markets. Darn it, another opportunity to pick up bargains gone! And Europe's sovereign debt crisis and the authorities implementation ...

Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... implication this is that the British central bank needs to lift interest rates to hose the inflation fire down. Financial markets now expect a rate hike as early as May. However, BOE Governor King (how good is that King and Governor all in one?) believes ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... combine with the operator of the Frankfurt stock exchange, Deutsche Boerse AG, creating the world's largest financial markets company. Shares of both companies fell after the deal was announced. NYSE Euronext's shares fell three per cent in New York ...

Fundies turn to outsourcing to curb costs: report

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... equity returns in the coming years and clients who are seeking products with lower fees. "Turmoil in the global financial markets has deeply affected the profitability of the investment management industry," said Rob Wright, Global Head, Product and ...

Henderson Maxwell launches DIY planning guide

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... think there are a lot of consumers that are disenfranchised with the industry because of what's happened in the financial markets, not necessarily from bad advice, but advisers have been unfortunately been on the back end of that attitude," said Henderson. ...

Inflated inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... strengthen some more before inflation becomes a problem. But with major central banks are aware of this - what with financial markets reminding them everyday - they'll be ready to take action before it does become a problem.

Cycling up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... shows that US employers added only 36,000 warm bodies in January -less than a quarter of the 145,000 heads that financial markets expected to be signed in on their payrolls. Private sector employment growth also decelerated to only 50,000 workers in ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... to have agreed with me when I wrote (just yesterday) that it would be no big loss on the global economy and financial markets if Egypt turns to sand. Despite the continued volatile situation in the country, Wall Street's performance overnight suggests ...

Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... figures, Egypt buys a puny 0.3 per cent of these countries' total exports. No big loss on the global economy and financial markets if Egypt turns to sand if you ask me. And so I wasn't surprise when US equities turned out a positive performance after ...

Middle East mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... year. Across the Atlantic, while popping up every now and again, Europe's mole appears to be in hibernation. Financial markets are appeased for now because of expectations that the stronger countries of the Eurozone - Germany and France - would agree ...