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FSS increases insurance premiums

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
... increase in premiums in response to rising concerns that fundamentals in the insurance sector are experiencing a major correction. The price increase to the fund's primary insurance category, the white collar and education category is as much as 70%. ...

Bears out a-haunting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... Ritholtz -- financial journalist and now founder of Ritholtz Wealth Management -- warning of the risk of a "20% to 30% correction in the market if this goes on for a month or longer." Just in time to join the chorus, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... ahead in October. "We are entering a seasonally weak period in the markets, so I do expect there to be some sort of correction over the next month, though I don't think it will be anything substantial," he said. The big four banks were all higher, with ...

Most EM currencies bounce back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... mainstream institutional investors, he added. "Investors are spoilt for choice now, unlike a decade ago." The rapid correction and re-correction to EM currencies was also somewhat artificial, he said, pointing to the impact of speculative Exchange Traded ...

EM correction, it's different this time

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... USD, the stronger ones are positioned fundamentally differently to how they were in 1997 and should absorb this latest correction. US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke repeatedly signaling in recent months that the Fed will begin reducing the $85 ...

Delay of execution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... 500 has already lost 4.4% from its 2 August all-time high.A Yeah, yeah.A I know, I know.A This is not a substantial correction for the S&P 500.A But not if you remember that taper hinges on a more sure-footed recovery.A That means lesser unemployment ...

Demographic megatrends drive earnings well into the future

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... The company plays strongly into the demographics story. As people live longer, they are more likely to need vision correction and lens replacements. Urbanisation means more people are working with computers, putting strain on eyesight. Rising incomes ...

Australian economy "professionally managed": World Bank

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... rate of the world's second largest economy. "China has grown at upwards of 10% for the last decade. There has to be a correction at some point but the concern is that this correction will lead to turbulence. So far the reaction to a slowdown has been ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... Thursday looks on track for its eighth such swing in 11 sessions. Thursday's opening sharp jump is being viewed as a correction from Wednesday's 1.8 per cent plunge that wiped more than $23 billion in value from the market. Offshore leads were mixed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... the biggest falls came in the resources sector, which had performed strongly on Tuesday. "We are seeing a bit of a correction in those stocks following yesterday's gains," Mr Lucas said. BHP was down 68 cents at $31.39 and Rio Tinto had dropped $1.28 ...