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That stupid war again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013

Trick or treat?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
We're back on the taper-go-round saddle Virginia. Would the Fed allow the green shoots of a December taper to grow roots - and again permeate to every nook and cranny of economics and finance -- and then treat us with a taper not as it did in September? ...

Rational exuberance?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
Some years back I used to have discussions with several of my gentle readers (you know who you are, gentle folks) about whether or not QE would work, is working, or not. The passage of time since the Fed minted its first QE dollar had proven that it ...

LGS enhances ESG credentials with Green Bond purchase

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... Australian superannuation fund to invest in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) $250 million Green Bond. Funds raised through the Green Bond - which was issued on 11 September 2013 under the joint management of Morgan Stanley ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
... 1,725.52, clearing its previous high, also set on August 2, by nearly 16 points. "The Fed, basically, gave the markets a green light to renew buying," IG market analyst Chris Weston said. "Everything about it was more dovish than we'd been expecting." ...

Not long now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013

NGS Super rethinks ESG as green option flops

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... launching a new socially responsible investment option that will screen out tobacco, armaments and pornography, after its green shares option failed to attract sufficient interest. NGS Super chief executive Anthony Rodwell-Ball said that a consultation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... statement did not give a timetable for scaling back the bond-buying program. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets closed in the green in cautious deals before the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy meeting, dealers said. London's ...

Post-Bernanke uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... month in July and get this...Spain's unemployment rate declined to 26.3% in Q2 - the first drop in two years - from 27.2%. Green shoots? Plus, China's started to stimulate and Japan is right in the thick of it. If these positives persist, the Fed could ...

Peace, be still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... from New York to Rio and old London town went higher punctuated by the Dow and the S&P 500 closing at new record highs. US bond yields and the US dollar fell (and the A$ rose). See? Told you the A$ weakness was more a US dollar story than the "Australia ...