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Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... again because Europe's back to the fore. We should be scared because Italian and Spanish bond yields are rising again. The yield on 10-year Spanish bonds rose to a 4-month high of 5.98% while those of Italy's jumped to 5.69% -- the highest in a month. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
The Australian dollar has dropped on concerns about Chinese growth coupled with renewed fears for the euro zone. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 102.50 US cents, down from 103.03 cents on Tuesday. Bank of New Zealand ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
Uh-oh. Here's looking at you kid, and kid you're not looking good. A weaker-than-expected US non-farm payrolls report released during the Easter break punctuated a week of not so good news for the equity markets, re-igniting the uncertainty over America's ...

QE going, going ...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
Disappointed at yesterday's report that another QE is not forthcoming? Weep and sulk now for we might not see Ben's green stuff minting machine back ever again - in this current cycle, at least. No sir. Especially not after last night's reports further ...

Appeal for property in healthcare and retirement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... rents as tenant demand stays steady. "Notwithstanding the hampering factors of a high Australian dollar, the global hunt for yield and stability continues to make Australian property attractive to offshore investors. In 2011, over 30% of acquisitions ...

Advisers told to rethink growth asset allocations

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Advisers should rethink growth asset allocations and prepare to protect portfolios against fiscal constraints, delegates heard at an industry event. These were two key messages from global investment manager PIMCO, delivered at yesterday's Adviser's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
The Australian dollar is more than a third of a US cent lower after global stock markets dropped overnight. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the Australian dollar was trading at 103.96 US cents, down from 104.35 cents on Wednesday afternoon. Bank of New Zealand ...

Advisers should rethink China exposure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... "A lot of the debt recently issued in Australia is actually junior debt." "If you look at Chinese bonds against US high yield, we are getting paid more a lot of the time for holding senior debt in Asia over what you get paid for holding high yield in ...

Where now brown cow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... three-month mark of the year 2012. How good is that? That's heaps better than the current 0% Americans can get on cash or the 2.3% yield offered by 10-year Treasuries. While the bugbear that is Europe is seemingly at peace now after Greece got its second ...

Australia's Apple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... of stocks. This announcement has now made Apple not only a growth stock but an income player as well. The 1.8% dividend yield Tim cooked up might be considered paltry, but expect dividend investors and income funds to be standing in the queue outside ...