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Double A USA - the scare that wasn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... Standard & Poor's tried to extinguish hope and prayers and wishes. Remember that day, the day when it snipped one A off America's AAA rating? Recall the fear? Cyberspace was filled with anxiety and warnings after the downgrade, the central being the ...

Food is the new Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... Rising borrowing costs and austerity measures.... and contagion. Moody's lowered Germany, the Netherlands and Luxembourg's Aaa credit rating outlooks to negative due to "rising uncertainty" over the debt crisis. Yes, the song remains the same. But thanks ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... sovereign debt crisis, the Arab Spring (and surging oil prices), the Japanese tsunami/nuclear reactor meltdown, the US losing its AAA credit rating, North Korea, Iran, etc. - at 1334.8 points, the S&P 500 index remains nearly double what it was three ...

Demand for US Treasuries outstrips supply

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... effect is so extreme that Bloomberg has reported yields are being compressed to what are now 10-year lows. Despite this, US AAA Treasuries are cheap compared to bonds from other established markets, said the report. Competition for the paper is so fierce ...

AMP Capital buys into SA schools project

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... quality South Australian Schools Public Private Partnership (PPP) asset providing availability-based revenue backed by the AAA rated South Australian Government." Funds and clients managed by AMP Capital are acquiring 100% of the equity in the project ...

Bulls run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
Didn't they already ban the running with the bulls in Spain? Ahh yes, my bad. The Spanish region of Catalonia only banned bullfighting, but approved running with them. For bullfighting kills bulls, running with them only kills... ehem, people. I was ...

Scare me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... was mainly due to the 'deal or no deal' speculation over raising the US debt ceiling and culminated in the USA losing its AAA. Then as in now, US eco and survey stats were beginning to disappoint, and yes, there was Greece and speculation about whether ...

Fearing the unknown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... when Greece was on the verge of default, when Italy and Spain looked like they were gonna need bailing, when America lost its AAA-rating. All these were extrapolated to 'the sky is falling'. And to this day, we're still waiting. Johnny Little's back ...

No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... weakened economy to handle - GDP is expected to contract by 1% this year. But if it doesn't do so it risks a downgrade in its AAA rating. And then there's the PMI - again a reminder of our expectations of not so long ago that Europe will be in recession. ...

ASIC strikes against currency trader

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... 2004, Hassell has been an authorised representative at different times for Pivotal Financial Advisers Ltd, Guardian FP Ltd, AAA Shares Pty Ltd, AAA Financial Intelligence Ltd and most recently, 101 Wealth Solutions, who revoked Mr Hassell's authorisation ...