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Australian budget to blow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... incoming data become extraordinarily good or extraordinarily bad. So far they're relatively ordinaire. As ordinary as the IMF poking its nose at somebody else's budget -- must be almost Budget time folks. It's big news here in this land "girt by sea" ...

BOE has a problem to smile about

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... nothing but introducing forward guidance - Mark Carney's presiding over an economy that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted -- only last night - to be the fastest growing among the G7 this year. Yes Virginia, the IMF sees the UK expanding ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... weeks, continued to show weakness. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets retreated further as Ukraine-Russia tensions and the IMF cutting its forecast for global growth offset robust British manufacturing data. London's FTSE 100 dropped 32.15 points ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... March 2012. A lotta brave investors made a lotta serious dinero here! Super Mario might have said thanks but no thanks to IMF's Lagarde's prescription but he looks to be applying that other super hero's principle - "the art of fighting without fighting" ...

Prescriptions galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014

Investors get conditional agreement against Great Southern

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
Litigation funder Bentham IMF has reached a conditional settlement against the collapsed agricultural investment scheme Great Southern. According to a release on the ASX, the terms of the settlement remain confidential to the parties and are to be the ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... Federal Budget doesn't contain nasty surprises. And oh, also if the Australian dollar drops to around US$0.80-US$0.85 as the IMF prescribes.

US Congress votes to raise debt ceiling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... reaction, however, downward pressure on emerging market and safe haven currencies like the AUD is expected to continue. The IMF meanwhile in a statement yesterday said it believes the AUD needs to fall by another 10 US cents to USD 0.80, a level it believes ...

Emerging market turmoil is a buying opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... represent buying opportunities. "[It's] best to ignore market noise and concentrate on fundamentals and commentary from the IMF and the US Federal Reserve," he said. "Investors should have some exposure to consumers in emerging market countries in their ...

Roast Turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... misfortunes the same way they reaped the rewards of the country's bounty. At the same time, Mahathir refused to accept aid from the IMF (because of the strict conditions the government must adhere to), reformed the banking system and let the ringgit ...