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Risk of indigestion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
Whoa boy! Take it easy. How many times have we been admonished by our elders to chew our food slowly right in the middle of chomping down a big chunk of that juicy, tender, savoury steak? Not once, not twice but many, many times. Because it is the me ...

Battle of the super brands

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... cheap" ads have garnered the best results so far from investors. Around 42 per cent out of the 5,000 people surveyed said they feel better about industry funds after watching the ads featuring Bernie Fraser, versus 32.6 per cent for Colonial First State's ...

AIG: 100 per cent GFC proof

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... tracked of the total amount of taxpayers' hard-earned money thrown at AIG. Wikipedia had it at US$170 billion so far. To get a feel for the massiveness of this amount, US$170 billion could buy almost two New Zealands and more than four Slovakias. This ...

Fanning the flames of fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
There is a saying that goes, 'if you have nothing good to say, just shut up' or something along those lines. These days it seems that after more than a year and a half of the global financial crisis, trillions in bail-out money, record low interest ...

Mercer expands property and Aust eq

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
Mercer has announced three new appointments to their Australian equities and real research departments. Clare Armstrong has been appointed to the role of senior Australian equities researcher, following 10 years at Goldman Sachs JB Were as head of managed ...

CORRECTION: Snowball expands corp super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... employers interests but they won't look after the employees' interest because they don't have the infrastructure to do it. We feel we can deliver that side as well," he said. Snowball Group has approximately $3.7 billion in FUA and Outlook Financial ...

Thank you RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
The RBA giveth and the RBA giveth again. Who would have thought that after two weeks of bad economic news here and abroad, the Reserve Bank of Australia would still have the nerve to say, 'she'll be right mate.' For this is exactly what the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market was marginally stronger at noon following gains in the financial sector. By 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 30 points, or 0.9 per cent, at 3,357.5 while the broader All Ordinaries index had gained 26.6 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... nationalised," CMC Markets analyst David Taylor said. "That sense of insecurity has flown through to our market and the general feel is one of cautiousness." Global miner BHP Billiton was down 68 cents, or 2.32 per cent, at $28.63, while Rio Tinto had ...

Sovereign wealth funds to buy more equities

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... sure prices are only heading down." "Valuations of the assets we are targeting are certainly more attractive but we still feel they have further to go during 2009. Our view is that valuations may bottom out towards the end of this year," said another. ...