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Ten-year future vs. 10-minute tick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... Greece's begging bowl despite Athens' compliance with its benefactors' pre-conditions with the passage of the 2013 austerity budget last Sunday. Yes Stuart, 'fool me once...' also applies to Greece. Will the government enforce more austerity measures ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... dragged down by weakness in the mining and energy sectors as investors stayed on the sidelines in response to an uncertain US budget outlook. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 14.02 points, or 0.31 per cent, to 4,448 points on Monday, while the broader ...

Fool me not again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice... Has anybody heard about the US fiscal cliff? Of course everybody has. Nobody can miss it even if they try. Not you, not I, not Irene. Yes, not you too Virginia. It's all over... everywhere. Not when that ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... starting Jan. 1 if Congress can't agree to reduce the deficit, which totaled $1.09 trillion in fiscal 2012. The Congressional Budget Office has said the world's biggest economy would slow by as much as 0.5 percent next year if Congress fails to prevent ...

Obama victory ignites fiscal cliff fears

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... for investors after Barrack Obama's narrow victory in the presidential race. President Obama's priority is to secure a budget deal with the US Congress to avoid automatic spending cuts and tax increases amounting to $600 billion. However, with the Republicans ...

RBA holds rates but deploys rhetoric as magic pudding

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... that by talking and avoiding policy action then that's magic." He added that with the government looking to return the budget to a surplus, it was in its interests to encourage the private sector to make moves to riskier assets. Lucas also warned that ...

Political punch trading greatest risk to US economy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... stronger growth than the last. The major problem facing the President-elect is just how to tackle the $1.1 trillion federal budget deficit and the looming spending cuts and tax hikes threatening to push the US back into recession. "These changes are ...

Returns without volatility, you're not dreamin

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... is that an institutional investor can use low volatility strategies to lower their risk level and thus free up the risk budget for other assets such as high yield bonds. Robeco has been investing into emerging market for 75 years. They currently manage ...

A week full of question marks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... still playing the Grexit guessing game. The Greek Parliament will vote on new austerity measures on Wednesday and the 2013 budget on Sunday (11 November). The Parliament needs to pass a,-13.5 bil in spending cuts and tax increases this week or it won't ...

Gen-Y teach old dogs new investment tricks: RaboDirect

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
They may take exponentially longer to leave home, and have unrealistic job expectations, but Gen-Y are better with their finances than originally thought. According to a survey commissioned by RaboDirect, Gen-Y's financial know-how is often better than ...