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Expect the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... few could countenance the unbelievable rally that started only six months later. Unbelievable! Certainly the scope and magnitude of the contraction in the global economy could not be fixed in such a short amount of time. There are still job prospects ...

RBNZ could go zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... strong positive correlation, the fact remains that despite the difference in repercussion - both in terms of length and magnitude - of the GFC on Australia's and NZ's economic fortunes, their corresponding bond markets are very closely linked. Kiwi bond ...

Another red-lettered year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... break even, the All Ords need to close at 4270.97 points today - a one-day rally of 37.4 per cent! Gains of similar magnitude for international equities are needed. The S&P 500 needs to close more than 38 per cent to break even for the 2008/2009 financial ...

No proof lack of regulation caused GFC: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... Financial Services Conference yesterday. "Understandably, when there has been a breakdown in financial markets of the magnitude of the one we are currently dealing with, there will be calls for more financial sector regulation," said Lewis. "We should ...

Refreshing pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
Sellers...you've been warned. Given the magnitude of yesterday's decline on Wall Street, it was almost inevitable that stocks in Australia and the Asian region would succumb to gravity. Pause that refreshes. Overnight action on the Street confirmed ...

Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... sellers for 14 straight weeks as the market rallied, according to data compiled by InsiderScmaore.com." A sell-off of this magnitude must have a reason...a spark...a trigger. Green shoots no more? Iran? Utegate? No! It is another international body trying ...

Regulators call for better OTC derivatives processing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... systems which so many in the marketplace still use." To the industry's credit, the survey found the scale of activity and magnitude of outstanding exposures in the Australian OTC derivatives market are "relatively low by international standards". Nick ...

Aviva targets SME market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... financial advisers. "We talk about the underinsurance on the personal side yet you can multiply that out in terms of the magnitude when we talk about our SME clients," said Hannah. "A lot of SME clients will protect the things on their balance sheet ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... fundamentally loosened the umbilical chord," he said. "When the US is up two per cent, you know you're going to be up, but the magnitude isn't the same and we've run out of a bit of steam at the moment." Mr Heffernan said the banks, led by Macquarie ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... 34,700 in March. Burrell Stockbroking associate Peter Wright said the figures were worse than anticipated. "The actual magnitude of the number has definitely caught people by surprise," Mr Wright said. "We've certainly drifted lower since it came out. ...