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FEATURE: Defending wealth

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... retirement, is very considerably overexposed to equities. "The problem you get is that you expose yourself to what economists call sequencing risk, which is means that not only does your account-based pension - or your savings - need to fund the withdrawals ...

Lies, stats and damned double seasonal adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... 100% certain that the paper's authors -- Glenn D. Rudebusch, Daniel J. Wilson, Tim Mahedy -- are seasoned and expert economists and well up above my pay grade, but methinks they must have been smoking too much of the good stuff. It's statistical permissiveness ...

Budget projections risk being too optimistic, economists warn

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Chief economists from major financial institutions have warned that the Government's projected revenue growth included in Budget 2015 risks being too optimistic. AMP chief economist Shane Oliver acknowledged that Treasurer Joe Hockey replaced the focus ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... March, but "was not so strong as to suggest the Federal Reserve may actually raise rates next month," he said. Many economists said the jobs data suggested the Fed likely would wait until September or later in its plan to lift the near-zero federal funds ...

ASIC says AUD spike "not misconduct"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... the Australian dollar rose to 76.07 US cents (from 75.97) just prior to the RBA's announcement, which surprised many economists who were expecting further rate cuts. Additional suspicious activity occurred before the RBA's decisions in February and March. ...

May cut, may not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... 2.25% to a lower 2.0% following its May Board meeting tomorrow heats up. Bloomberg's latest survey says... 24 out of 28 economists predict that we'll see a rate cut, hear a rate cut and speak about the rate cut come 230PM tomorrow (Australian eastern ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... Sydney. Department of Industry and Science chief economist Mark Cully is scheduled to speak at an Australian Business Economists lunch, in Sydney, and the Disruptocon conference runs for day two of its three-day program. Meanwhile, the NZ Roy Morgan ...

No inflation but no growth either: Janus Capital

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... are a clear sign that we live in unusual times and investors need to rethink their approach to fixed income markets. "Economists would tell you that was a boundary we couldn't go through. It speaks to the lack of growth we've seen in developed countries ...

ASIC to investigate AUD spike

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... The Australian dollar rose to 76.07 US cents (from 75.97) just prior to the RBA's announcement, which surprised many economists who were expecting further rate cuts. The spike has raised concerns that third parties may have been aware of the RBA's decision ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... one per cent firmer, with financial markets widely expecting a cut in the cash rate to a new record low of 2%. All 20 economists surveyed by AAP expect there'll be a rate cut in May if the RBA doesn't move on Tuesday. Among the major banks, Commonwealth ...