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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... enable takeover by Viterra Inc. The World Bank will launch a report titled Doing Business 2010: Reforming through Difficult Times in Sydney and other cities around the world. The Australian share market closed firmer on Tuesday, notching up a fresh 11-month ...

Aussie dollar rises to restore equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
Proceed at your own risk. Forecasting in quiet times is difficult. Forecasting during periods of uncertainty is even more difficult. Forecasting currency movements during periods of uncertainty is well...a mug's game. The recent surge in the Australian ...

Lady luck to blame for finances: survey

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... in a member's financial dissatisfaction. "It's particularly remarkable when you consider that while respondents were 12 times more likely blame bad luck than too much debt, the average Australian household is in arrears to the tune of around $128,000 ...

Mmm...bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... FOMC 11-12 August 2009 meeting). I have only one word to those thinking of taking this statement as gospel - Beware! In times of uncertainty it is easy - so easy - to be swayed by general consensus. The Fed included. Safety in numbers? It is not so bad ...

Recovery is too fast, too furious: IML

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... will likely be sub-par going forward and as a result the share market should trade on a lower multiple of around 10 to 12 times earnings," he said. "We expect the share markets to remain range-bound for the remainder of 2009." The fund manager remains ...

Capital protection should be core to satellite

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... "It's expensive and a performance drag, but offers benefits of certainty and full exposure to the underlying asset at all times," he said. Another method is synthetic replication using bond and call options. "This is easy to deliver and understand but ...

VicSuper sponsors Energise Enterprise

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... conferences, launches, forums and exhibitions. "In 2009, there is a clear focus on helping SMEs thrive in tough economic times and following the examples of those businesses making positive gains despite the challenges," noted the Energise Enterprise ...

Lucky, lucky, lucky

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... June, up 4.4 per cent over the past 12 months. Consensus expectations were for a 5 per cent drop for the quarter. How many times have I warned about the dangers of extrapolating? And then look again! This wonderful set of numbers came on the heels of ...

U V W X Y Z

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... recovery. Last night, dear old Professor Nouriel Roubini was back in the headlines after publishing his op-ed in the Financial Times entitled, "The risk of a double-dip recession is rising". After acknowledging that the "freefall of economic activity ...

Wait no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... be what the bears are feeling each time equities bounce back from a fall. Equity markets are volatile even in the best of times. That is a certitude. For each and every single day, investors/speculators mood changes - due to new information or simply ...