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New Vanguard modelling tool picks global equities to win

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
A newly launched simulation and forecasting engine developed by Vanguard has tipped global equities as the most likely asset class to achieve a 6% to 9% annualised return over the next decade. The range is roughly the same level of return targeted by ...

Ruble trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... would let market forces determine the ruble's value. "As a result of the implementation of this decision, the ruble exchange rate will be determined predominantly by the market factors." Financial markets more than "shirt-fronted" the ruble, they dropped ...

100% steady on the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... modest over the period ahead, which should keep inflation consistent with the target even with lower levels of the exchange rate." "The exchange rate has declined recently, in large part reflecting the strengthening US dollar, but remains high by historical ...

China's mean regression

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
The suspense is chillingly killing... you could almost taste it by just looking at Wall Street's performance last night. It was decidedly undecided. Two ups and two downs. The Dow and the Nasdaq both finished 0.1% on the up while the S&P 500 and the ...

QEnd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... harder to achieve our two objectives. So obviously we would take that into account." JP Morgan's narrow effective exchange rate US dollar index was around 87.38 at the time. As at last Friday's close, it read 88.02. If the Fed goes ahead and makes the ...

No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... variable rate loans from previous years, as well as a reduction in interest rates on offer for some borrowers." "...the exchange rate remains high by historical standards." Check and check. "Mining investment has declined noticeably from the peak almost ...

RBA leaves interest rates on hold

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... ahead", Mr Stevens said. He noted that recent data showed an increase in inflation, affected by the decline in the exchange rate last year. "But growth in wages has declined noticeably and is expected to remain relatively modest over the period ahead ...

Arrows and more arrows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... prices. And this doesn't even factor in the yen's renewed strength on inflation. As at last night, the yen/dollar exchange rate was at A¥101.49, up from A¥105.31 at the end of 2013. The easy way out is for the BOJ to keep on pumpin' more money. But ...

Governor Glenn lets his jaw drop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... significant as many people seem to think it is. We have tried to avoid frequent and large language shifts about the exchange rate. It can vary enough from month to month that we risk chasing our tails if we seek to engage too actively in 'jawboning' ...

Wagging the giant doggie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... its wagon to China's fortunes - good fortune in China, good for the Australian economy and therefore... higher A$ exchange rate. Could it be that what's happening now is that while headlines are still littered with fears over slowing growth in China ...