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Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... the exchange rate (over) three years were the outcome of diverging monetary policy cycles as well as divergent economic recovery paths between major jurisdictions. They were not intended, it was not an action geared to cause these exchange rate movements. ...

Super Mario returns fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... could get worse. Super Mario says so: "The information available indicates a continued, though somewhat weaker, economic recovery and a slower increase in inflation rates compared with earlier expectations... Taking into account the most recent developments ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... European stocks fell as poor data out of China sent a chill through markets about the prospects of a global economic recovery. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies shed 1.13 per cent to end Friday at 6,579.81 points, the CAC 40 in Paris ...

AustralianSuper posts double digit returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... year-to-year fluctuations and remain focused on the long-term performance," Delaney said. "The path to global economic recovery remains uneven, highlighting the reason for members to maintain a long-term focus." Returns on the balanced investment option ...

Bond bears out of hibernation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... undecided - any upward pressure on inflation would be tempered. Another way of seeing this is that the global economic recovery is gathering momentum - which I just typed that it is not - that it would bump demand, spurring price rises. If the global ...

Grexit not Greek to Brits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... (BOE) was forced to devalue the pound. But hey, the move turned seven quarters of economic contraction into an economic recovery that went as fast as 4.4% annual rate less than two years later. A lesson for Greece perhaps... and potential George Soros' ...

Bond experts reiterate need for flexible duration strategy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... aggressively cut rates in the wake of the global financial crisis. While this was a boon for bond investors, signs of economic recovery now mean interest are set to reverse. The big questions facing fixed income investors is when exactly will rates rise ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... business activity in the 18-nation eurozone slowed further in September, adding to concerns that a sluggish economic recovery could be close to stalling. The Markit composite purchasing managers index fell for a second consecutive month, hitting a nine-month ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... below 6% and inflation would be closer to 2.0% by year end - it's good for Wall Street for it indicates that the economic recovery has become sustainable. Ipso facto (is this the correct phrase lawyers out there?), there's no longer any need for the ...

Action!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... Japanese central bank didn't announce these expansions in lending facilities because it's concerned that the economic recovery is stalling (nor did it read this space yesterday... deym, there goes my dream). N-O, No. "Japan's economy has continued to ...