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IMF just as baffled as we are

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... idea; well at least they're honest enough to admit to it. But who cares? It's September, it's finals and World Cup Rugby time, let's watch some footie.

US housing market needs renovation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
Until the US housing market starts to right itself it's unlikely US consumers are going to gain too much confidence and without confidence the chance of economic recovery will remain a forlorn dream. House prices are still down 32% from their 2006 peak ...

Super funds mindshift imperative

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... wont get," said Sammells. "We would love someone to put a stake in the ground and say, no changes to super for five years, let the industry settle."

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... National Bureau of Economic Research (the guys responsible for dating US recessions) still don't show a recession is looming. Let's have a look. US real retail spending and industrial production may have slowed in recent months, but latest readings show ...

On the verge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... confess, I'm beginning to sweat. If you and I know this, the Fed does too. I don't think it'll simply twiddle its thumbs and let the economy tank without at least trying something... anything - it promised it would. We might not have long to wait. Jackson ...

Fed move checks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
When the going gets tough, the Fed gets going. Ok, ok. I was wrong - no need to throw it back at my face. I expected the US Federal Reserve to provide a circuit breaker in the form of a third QE. I was wrong! Big Ben did this small Ben one better. B-I-N-G-O! ...

UniSuper nominates Bloomberg as asset manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... management capabilities across a variety of asset classes. The super fund said AIM offered the right industry expertise that would let the fund structure order management procedures. "AIM, combined with the Bloomberg Professional' service, offered us ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... securities were downgraded after investors lost much more money than they would have expected from a A, AAA-rated bond." But let's give S&P the benefit of the doubt and give this downgrade credit. What are the implications of this? Well, not much really. ...

Wolf of Wall Street can't put a price on value

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... for a day of consultancy. The figures speak for themselves but Belfort, or 'The Wolf of Wall Street', has too much energy to let them do all the talking. The author of two books and the subject of a forthcoming Hollywood film starring Leonardo DiCaprio ...

Now for the denominator

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... Moody's and Standard & Poor's declarations last week that the USA will keep its AAA - deal or no deal. That's it! Finito. Now let's turn our gazes into the denominator of the debt-to-GDP ratio. For as hard as national fiscal managers the world over tries ...