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Equity value - cheap or the new normal?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... over the past decade?" Greenspan made this remark back in December 1996 in the midst of what we now know as the dotcom bubble. Based on my back of the envelope calculations, US Treasuries are currently trading at a P/E of 65.5. Their long-term average ...

Managers up risk on improved sentiment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... between two extremes. There are those who have suggested China's public debt, weakening export growth and a potential housing bubble as reasons for a 'hard landing', but these arguments appear overblown," argued Liddell. "For the time being, we're inclined ...

Better days are getting happier

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
They just keep on coming. One after another, they're rolling in. Exactamondo Virginia! More upside surprises came out of Uncle Sam's country last night. Better days are getting happier. Happy days are getting better. Wall Street is happy and it knows ...

Smart investors buy productive assets: Buffett

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Celebrity investor Warren Buffett has reminded investors that they and their clients only make money if they buy assets that go up in value and avoid assets that don't. Writing an opinion piece for CNN Money magazine, Buffett, regarded as a leader among ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... than $US100 billion ($A93.80 billion) - was filtering through to local stocks but was in danger of creating something of a bubble. "Someone always loses in these things," he said. Leading the pack higher was Lynas Corporation, which surged 22.5 cents ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... recession and US Savings & Loan Crisis, late 1990's Asian Financial Crisis/LTCM bankruptcy/Russian debt default, 2000 dotcom bubble burst, September 2001 terrorist attacks on the US, 2008 GFC. These are but a few known "we're doomed" moments in history. ...

Priced in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... Contagion, banking problems. Check. European recession and slow global growth with downside risks. Priced in. Chinese property bubble burst and hard landing. Yep, it's there. But don't take my word for it. Even our very own RBA is positioned for these. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... down 51 cents, or 1.4 per cent, at $35.19, while Rio Tinto shed $1.38 to hit $61.78. "Some traders are saying that the 'bubble has burst,'" said IG Market's market strategist Stan Shamu. Shares in Bluescope Steel are in a trading halt as it seeks to ...

Ashton launches Gold Share Class

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... investment. "Gold has appreciated significantly in recent years, leading to suggestions that it is over-priced, or indeed in a bubble. But this misses the point," said Nick Raphaely, executive director of Ashton Advisors." The gold exposure is designed ...

Investment the way of the future, says ANZ chief economist

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... Australian dollar or sell Australian banks on the view that the combination of the China slowdown and the housing market bubble bursting will cause chaos here," said Hogan. "But I think that's overstated, because if/when the Chinese slowdown happens ...