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Fixing an industry on steroids

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... blamed accountants for making the books look better than they really were. Government agencies, too, accelerated the housing bubble. And everybody ignored the rush to real estate as if that wouldn't have an impact on the economy and how was funded by ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
The Australian market has received negative leads from overseas, with Wall Street indices lower, along with precious and base metals and oil. At 0830 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 50 points lower at 4,841. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
Australian shares are likely to open higher on Friday after US stocks gained on better than expected US export figures. At 0711 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 26 points higher at 4,640. In company news ...

Company sales earnings on hold till 2011: Zurich

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
Australian listed companies may not start posting solid earnings growth for at least another calendar year, an investment expert predicts. Matthew Drennan, general manager of investments at Zurich Financial Services Australia, said overall, local listed ...

Low rates to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
How many times do I have to say it? The US Federal Reserve would not raise interest rates until the American economy has stronger legs to stand on. This is basically what Chairman Benny told US and world financial markets when he spoke before the Economic ...

Inflation-linked bonds armour against rising risk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... system when the economy recovers, there will be significant inflationary pressures and the potential for another asset price bubble. "In a worst case scenario where the Fed allowed the money supply to increase by 40-80 per cent, prices could rise between ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... recently as a letter you sent me two weeks ago, you still refuse to admit Fed actions played any role in inflating the housing bubble despite overwhelming evidence and the consensus of economists to the contrary. And in your efforts to keep filling the ...

Governments could cause next GFC

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... know where the next GFC is just look at where the leverage is occurring today and tomorrow," argues Barnes. When the tech bubble burst in the early part of this decade, the government poured money into the mortgages market - which in turn caused the ...

Desert Storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... none, no one, not a soul. Sure we have the usual suspects warning of the US dollar carry trade prompting speculation and a bubble in emerging markets. Nobody expected Desert Storm to hit. Not even the experts. On the day Dubai announced the "standstill" ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... inclination to lift rates, the weak dollar has prompted growing complaints from around the world about a potential speculative bubble. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets all fell on Friday. In the UK, the FTSE 100 closed down 16.29 points, or by 0.31 ...