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Stimulate and die

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
They love him, they love him not. This is what the financial markets' two-day love-in with Big Ben Bernanke appears to be indicating -- loved one day, ignored the next. Yes Virginia, although there's nothing new between his comments he made at the Woodrow ...

All that glitters are gold ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... of sales in Australia and New Zealand at ETF Securities, said the gold ETF structure equates to the sixth largest central bank in the world, all of which are backed by gold bullion bars. The ETF was around the 18th largest gold bullion holder a year ...

The future according to Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
"My best guess is we will have a continued recovery, but it won't feel terrific." This is the future according to Ben. Spoken like a real trooper. With these words, Big Ben appears to have calmed financial markets - equity and commodity markets rose ...

Silver lining

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... others, plainly fear monger - euro will disappear. And speaking of the euro, CNBC reported overnight that the Iranian central bank announced that it plans to sell 45 billion euros from its foreign exchange reserves and use the proceeds to buy US dollars ...

On caution's side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... uneven pace of global recovery and financial market volatility on its economic fortune. And when in doubt, what's a central bank to do? The RBA's best bet is to do nothing...nada...zilch until the dust settles. It's much safer this way. It can't lower ...

PIMCO favours Latin American and Asian bonds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
PIMCO has tilted its Global Bond Fund towards sovereign bonds in Latin America and Asia, shunning bonds from developed and emerging Europe. Peter Dorrian, head of global wealth management at PIMCO Australia, said Latin America and Asian countries, prior ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... Markets analyst Chris Weston said markets were still suffering from Monday's Wall Street slump prompted by Spanish central bank's weekend rescue of regional savings bank CajaSur. "There is a realisation that the European market has a long, long way to ...

Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
"Three coins in a fountain... which one will the fountain bless?" ( Frank Sinatra) It was a down day again on Wall Street overnight. It followed an up day that trailed a down day. Chances are, other markets would follow suit. But under current circumstances ...

Nein to naked shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... mark was second only to the US dollar as a major international reserve currency. This was born out of the German central bank's -- the Bundesbank -- strict policies against inflation and political meddling. Then the euro was born, and Germany's Bundesbank ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
Europhobe. Dictionary.com defines this as "a person who dislikes Europe, its culture, and Europeans," to which we may now add, the euro. Yes Virginia, it seems most of us are turning Europhobes now. Greece gave euros a bad smell and now financial markets ...