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Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018

... time gets closer. Australia's been through even tougher challenges before - the Asian currency crisis in 1997, the dotcom crash in 2000, the US recession in 2001, the global financial crisis in 2008, to name a few. The economy continued to grow as ...

Getting better and betterer

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018

... average of profits, is 32.4; it has been higher only in September 1929 (just before the Wall Street crash) and during the dotcom bubble." But if investors are hearing these alarm bells, they don't appear to be listening. The VIX index - the fear gauge ...

Fearless forecasting

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017

... It's now 2017 and the Dow still has about 15,000 points to climb to get there. Who knows what would have happened if the dotcom bubble didn't intervene, or September 11, or the Global Financial Crisis? But that's just it, economies don't operate in a ...

Westpac deputy chief executive retires

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017

... challenging career since I joined more than 20 years ago. Over that time, we have handled the disruption from Y2K, the DotCom era, 9/11 and the Global Financial Crisis." "We have transformed the company via the acquisitions of BT and St. George and dramatically ...

Valuation dispersion creating opportunity for instos to retilt

MARK SMITH | TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016

... dispersion in valuations between the cheapest and the most expensive stocks is the widest it has been at any point since the dotcom boom, according to the founder of global asset manager Pzena Investment Management. The most expensive quintile of US ...

Mastering the art of ignoring crises

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016

... crises - as labelled by the media - between 1970 and 2011 including large events like the oil crisis and the bursting of the dotcom bubble to smaller ones including the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Latin American debt crises. "You ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Noi, noi, noi!

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015

... sea has survived (without a recession) major episodes of global upheaval such as the 1997/98 Asian financial crisis, the dotcom bust in 2000, September 11 and the US recession in 2001, and the Great Recession of 2008. Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) ...

September -- morn or mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015

... October to 5.5% in November 1994. But also note that the S&P 500's bullrun did not end until five years later when the dotcom bubble went bust in 2000. It went from 459.27 points in 1995 to a high of 1,500.59 - a 227% surge... and this despite the Fed ...

The "old economy" that is Australia

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015

... hasn't been in a recession since 1991 despite the "tequila crisis" of 1994; the "Asian financial crisis" of 1998, the "dotcom bust" in 2000 and the "global financial crisis" in 2008. Give me "old economy" anytime. Perhaps, this time is different because ...

Market to open higher

AAP | FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015

... also set a new intraday record of 5,143.32, about 11 points more than the prior high set in March 2000, shortly before the dotcom crash. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 180.10 points (1.00 per cent) to 18,115.84, while the broad-based S&P 500 ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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