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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... 1.95 per cent, Manila gained 0.45 per cent, Kuala Lumpur ended flat, Jakarta fell 0.45 per cent, and Singapore's Straits Times Index closed up 0.42 per cent. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket outperformed many markets in Asia as selected leading ...

Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it! It certainly feels like June 2010 all over again! I can't believe it myself but when Big Ben spoke last night, I became a believer! Speaking at ...

Convince me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... activity. Forget that the ISM's 60-plus readings are statistically rare. The index reached 60 and above readings only 53 times over the past 497 months (since January 1970). You too shall believe brother, when you look at the "big disappointment" that ...

Retiree internet use hits 80 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... differences are more significant in frequency of use. Gen Z (school age kids) access social networking websites on average five times a day but retirees access them on average just once a day. Other important age factors are that 81 per cent of retirees ...

Rejoice for May has gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... assistance for Greece by the end of June and has ruled out a "total restructuring" of its debt. According to the Financial Times, the EU and the IMF would lend a,-30 bil to Greece so it can stay afloat through to next year with the rest of its funding ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... Taipei gained 0.70 per cent, Manila closed 0.94 per cent higher, Kuala Lumpur ended up 0.45 per cent, Singapore's Straits Times Index was up 0.16 per cent, Jakarta gained 0.92 per cent, Bangkok edged up 0.94 per cent, and Mumbai closed 1.11 per cent ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... a US$5 million insurance bond plus submitting to electronic monitoring 24 hours a day plus having an armed guard at all times. No, it's not about him or what his departure from the IMF means. It means nothing for the IMF - except of course, an opportunity ...

Planning pracs down 10pc value

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... results. Consulting firm, Radar Results, has released data based on the firm's valuers which have reduced EBIT multiples by 0.5 times since the FOFA announcement, equal to a reduction of approximately 10 per cent of a practice's value. In short, said ...

Seeing evil, hearing evil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... interest rates, reduce household wealth and cause a double-D recession. I think it'll cause more than that. Think GFC several times over. But if this scare really, truly is among the major factors that spooked financial markets last night, tell me why ...

Property managers stifled by lenders

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... past twelve months, banks have been slow to soften their stance on lending with margins often still over 200bp, around four times where they were pre GFC. "There has been significant commentary from investment professionals stating that now is the right ...