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Best friends forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
Don't you just love it when a plan goes according to plan? Wall Street remained on rebound mode while we were sleeping and so were most equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town. The S&P 500 and the Dow each jumped by 1.4% overnight in ...

Professional Associations Super targets investment risk

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... explore how risks should be mitigated or exploited. Focusing on exposure to primary risks such as sovereign default and deflation, the fund is aiming to improve investment outcomes in addition to ensuring the fund is ready for APRA's introduction of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... monetary policy by pumping an extra Y10 trillion ($A120.35 billion) into an asset purchase program, aimed at battling the deflation that has wracked Japan's economy for years. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares fell, led by Mainfreight after the transport ...

Nikkei not nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... investors continue to seek safety in the Japanese currency. On the domestic front, the Japanese economy remains mired in deflation. Headline consumer price inflation fell by 0.2% in the year to December after dropping by 0.5% in the previous month. Core ...

RBA right to cut rates and correct to hold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... could vote to keep interest rates on hold. While price rises are easing, inflation is a long way away from becoming deflation that would necessitate an immediate interest rate reduction. As for domestic activity, the RBA revealed in its November monetary ...

Prettiest of them all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... year. What exactly are central banks hedging against? Gold is generally regarded as a good hedge against inflation, deflation, currency debasement, and deficits. Take your pick. ==================================================================================================== ...

Bear markets provide investment opportunites

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... sovereign debt issues. "We might see a stubbornly high inflation rate inside the price of necessities while we experience deflation in asset prices, which are funded by debt. This makes for a challenging investment environment and further highlights ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... tickle the economy back to life. The same could be said about the events of last year - before QE2 came along - when deflation was rearing its ugly head. But this time, the jury is still out. True believers in the coming of another recession may disagree. ...

Fed policy options galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... counted eight policy options in all in his prepared remarks before the National Economists Club in Washington entitled, "Deflation: Making Sure "It" Doesn't Happen Here". He's already deployed two - zero interest rate policy and purchases of long-term ...

Buy the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... brought it down to 79.22 yen from 77.00 yen - they're still broke. Not to mention, the high yen compounds its problem with deflation. Still there are reasons to be optimistic - or to be more precise, reasons to take a contrarian stance. Speculations ...