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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... it was concern about iron ore falling below $US75 a tonne which hit BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, Patersons Securities economist Tony Farnham said. "There's been a little bit more selling," he said. "People are starting to look ahead to the next day in ...

Rejoice for the A$ has fallen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... their use of superlatives for "decline". "Plummeted", "nosedived" "plunged" "tumbled" is when Deutsche Bank's chief economist for Australia Adam Boyton's prediction (made last February) comes to fruition - that of the dollar-A fetching only 66 cents ...

Why the eurozone cannot afford cheap oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... of course, the climate changers. Cheap oil is good for the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker. Just ask The Economist. According to the magazine, "A 10% change in the oil price is associated with around a 0.2% change in global GDP, says Tom ...

Vanguard appoints APAC senior economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
Vanguard has appointed Dr Qian Wang as its new senior economist in the Asia-Pacific region. Wang took up the position on October 27 and is based in Hong Kong. She will be part of the global Investment Strategy Group (ISG) team headed by Vanguard chief ...

China's mean regression

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... importantly, what happens next. While we wait... and wish and hope and pray (not long now), there's an article in 'The Economist' magazine titled -- "Even dragons tire" -- I found interesting. As you would have intuit from the title, it talks about China's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... (1.60 per cent) to 4,452.79. "The industrials are leading the market much higher," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital. "The economic news was somewhat mixed. But we did have very good earnings." Industrial heavyweight ...

PROFILE: Goldman Sachs Asset Management head of fixed income for Asia-Pacific Philip Moffitt

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... Sydney's west on what was once a dairy farm, Moffitt completed his degree in economics and landed himself a job as a cadet economist at the Reserve Bank in 1986. The futures market had just been established, the superannuation industry was starting up ...

Jawbone collection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... was jawboning from that other central bank that's also expected to begin lift off soon. Bank of England (BOE) chief economist Andrew Haldane also changed his tune from June when he favoured a "front foot" move on interest rates - yes, that was four months ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... factor is beginning to diminish and investors are beginning to focus on earnings," said Peter Cadillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital. LONDON - European stock markets surged as investors snapped up bargains, ending a roller-coaster ...

US private sector super coverage just 50pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... contrast, older and higher-earning households are more likely to save primarily for retirement. Peter Brady, ICI senior economist and a co-author of the study, said: "It's well known that about half of America's workers are covered by an employer-sponsored ...