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Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... increased by more than expected in March and consumer spending posted its biggest increase since August 2009; the ISM-Chicago Inc. business index dropped by more than expected in April. Now cue in the usual narratives - QE for the US of A and shift towards ...

There's the good news and there's the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... Unemployment Near 10% Cameron Braces for U.K. Confidence Shock on Recession Return And here's another from forexpros.com, "Chicago Fed Index Posts Third Straight Decline" Yet Wall Street decided to go up anyways. Warning, self-gloating ahead. Last 11 ...

ASX appoints Gonski replacement

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... Servcorp Limited. He recently retired as chairman of Snowy Hydro Limited. Prior to 1998 Holliday-Smith spent 11 years in Chicago, first as chief executive of Chicago Research and Trading (CRT), and then as president of NationsBanc-CRT. He was also an ...

AMP Capital brings global mngt in-house

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... Partners chief investment officer global property. Also from BNP Paribas Investment Partners, Joseph Pavnica will lead AMP's Chicago-based real estate team as senior portfolio manager. Pavnica was BNP Paribas Investment Partners head of American real ...

No please explain needed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... to an annualised rate of 3% -- the fastest pace in six quarters -- from the initial estimate of 2.8%. Then there's the Chicago purchasing managers index. The PMI increased to 64.0 in February from 61.5 in the previous month. Expectations were for a drop ...

The majority is wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
"Baby what a big surprise Right before my very eyes" - Chicago Yesterday we became witnesses on how the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) disproved the saying that, "the majority is always right". It kept the country's official cash rate unchanged at ...

Global port manager to leave AMP fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... Global Property Securities Fund. Ward said he wanted to return to Australia after working for AMP in their London and Chicago offices for the past six years, however AMP Capital Brookfield (AMPCB) was unable to accommodate his request due to its centralised ...

Bulls see red

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... recession through the end of this year and into next year." He announced this to the world during an interview at the Chicago Board Options Exchange Risk Management Conference in Dana Point, California on 9 March 2009. Yes, the exact date that the S&P ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... edged up 3.35 points (0.13 per cent) to close at 2,579.46. Markets got a lift when the Institute of Supply Management-Chicago reported that its purchasing managers' index came in at 56.5 in August, above analysts' forecasts. Any number greater than 50 ...

Trading volatility can protect portfolio from big swings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... successfully used to protect a portfolio against the turmoil striking international share markets, a top executive from the Chicago Board Options Exchange said yesterday. Volatility as measured by the CBOE volatility index (VIX) surged more than it ever ...