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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... half a per cent by noon, after a slump in US markets on Friday and as investors judge the recent run up to have gone far enough for now. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 26.3 points, or 0.54 per cent, at 4,833.1 while the broader ...

Wealthy women frustrated with finance firms: book

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... nearly half of the respondents said managing household finances is stressful, 81 per cent did not think they're saving enough for retirement and 41 per cent said they save less than they'd like. The BCG research involved more than 12,000 women in 22 ...

Show me the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... days into the reporting season. Recent economic data releases signal continued healing in the global economy. But not fast enough for some. Reason perhaps why we hear and read discussions how Wall Street has run ahead of fundamentals. The favourite rationale ...

Herding 20 cats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... rich peers. But as Volcker mused, "It is very hard to herd these cats together." I bet. In the best of times, it was hard enough to get the G-8 to reach a consensus. What more with 20 countries with different 'isms'? Consequently, the investment landscape ...

Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... responsibility for the poor CDO ratings issued under his watch." Sure, sure...six-years? Perhaps his bonus or pay rise didn't have enough zeroes after the US dollar sign -- such as the ones we've read in recent headlines? Kolchinsky will testify on ratings ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... uncertainties. But wait Wall Street must. After all, we're in the most dangerous month of the year. Can't afford to be foolish enough to add to equity positions. Can't afford to be foolish enough to reduce positions. The Fed could still throw a spanner ...

Beware the leveraged ETF

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... millions lost as the fallout hit these investors. The problem leveraging has brought to US ETF investors have been dire enough that the products caught the attention of the US' Securities and Exchange Commission. "You could create a leverage product ...

FTSE and ASFA set after-tax world alight

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... fund manager performance on an after-tax basis, following calls from super fund trustees that pre-tax reporting isn't good enough. It took the best part of two years but yesterday, FTSE and ASFA unveiled 36 different indices that will allow superannuation ...

Depends on the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... what is in the heads of the nine members of the Reserve Bank board. An exercise in futility if I could say so! It is hard enough to understand what my wife is thinking from one minute to the next, what more nine? And no, I wouldn't be drawn into a discussion ...

Lady luck to blame for finances: survey

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... 'financial fulfilment' survey found those dissatisfied with their current financial situation also blamed not 'earning enough money' and a 'lack of financial planning'. However, the 'economic downturn' and 'having too much debt', which are considered ...