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Whac-a-mole 2.0

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... could turn on the pump just as instantly as he's able to turn it off. Ahhh... the joys of a command economy (especially in times of crisis) when the soldiers' motto, "yours is not to question why, yours is just to do or die" is the overriding credo. ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... the great wall of China. Come now all ye merry gentlemen (and ladies)... not this one again. I've lost count on how many times prices on The Street dropped on news that China is slowing its economy. This time, a little bird told me that investors were ...

Forget brand and choices, members want performance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... their fund managed by a known brand as their number one priority. The rebuff to trustees was confirmed with almost four times as many members ranking competitive fees as their number one issue, noting that low fees boost net returns and reinforce the ...

Better boring than bubble

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... and 10-years to October. Villante said the average price/earnings multiple of the stocks the fund invests in is around 12 times, at least a quarter higher than the 8 to 9 times earnings seen during the GFC but still well below the long-term average for ...

MLC and HIP partner in insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... enhancement schedule, which chief executive Ross Bernays said would be innovative as it targets members during the riskier times of their members' lives. "We are continuing to review our insurance offering, looking to amend the deliverable level of cover ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... Director of Research Christopher Waller interview with Reuters and from his statement concluded that: "The Fed meets eight times a year. Eight "inter" between meetings times US$250 billion gives us a whopping US$2 trillion - enough to buy two Australias ...

Rare opportunities in US real estate

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... multi-family market are currently in the range of 5 to 6 per cent - roughly twice what is on offer domestically and three times the 10 year US treasury yield. Meanwhile, the combination of a rising Aussie dollar and a soft US housing market means that ...

Australians willing to pay just $300 for advice

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
The average Australian believes financial advice should cost just $300 upfront - almost 10 times less what planners say is the break-even cost of providing full advice, and a figure planners are calling "completely unrealistic". New research from Investment ...

QE2 still the main game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... meeting to meeting for some period of time, that's kind of like a $250 billion purchase intermeeting." The Fed meets eight times a year. Eight "inter" between meetings times US$250 billion gives us a whopping US$2 trillion - enough to buy two Australia's ...

Money, money, money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010