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Wall Street up till it was down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
This is absurd, I thought to myself when I woke up and saw Wall Street on the up and up, punctuated by headlines such as: "Dow Average Approaches Record After GDP, Jobless Claims" (Bloomberg) "Wall Street edges higher, Dow and S&P records a hurdle" ...

Fear is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
Wall Street dropped big time overnight. Thank goodness for that. The S&P 500 index closed 1.8% lower last night. This is the biggest daily fall since the 2.4% drop registered on 7/11/2012 - the time when markets were neck-deep with worries. At the time ...

Fed sorted easy, now for the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
Huh? Was that it? Was that the correction we had to have? To borrow from Neil Young, "My my, hey hey," seems like rock n' roll is here to stay 'ey? You know what I mean. It's the S&P 500's big back-to-back corrections on Wednesday (down 1.2%) and Thursday ...

Super debate flawed: ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
Several flaws exist in the current debate over superannuation adequacy in Australia, said the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). A focus on superannuation tax concessions and access age is the wrong conversation and should instead ...

Separate wealth from income strategy: Merton

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
Thinking about a wealth goal for members isn't remotely the same as a member-specific income goal and strategy - which should be the next generation solution for securing retirement income. That's according to Nobel laureate in economics, Robert Merton ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
A day late and a penny short. Had the stumble in equity and commodity markets and the grim indicators released overnight happened while the Federal Open Market Committee was still in session, Big Ben would have announced something beyond extending the ...

Sequencing risk impacts super savings

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
The post-global financial crisis combined with longevity issues has brought strategies to manage sequencing risk to the forefront in Australia, according to Chad Padowitz, chief investment officer at Wingate Asset Management. Although many retirees ...

ASIC sets sights on dark pools

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is exploring a range of alternatives to encourage dark pool participants to first trade on the lit market, issuing draft rules in June to propose requirements for demonstrated price improvement in ...

Russell rethinks indices on expected bank windfall

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
Russell Investments has reconstituted the Australian high dividend and high value indices in favour of banking stocks ahead of reporting season. The semi-annual reconstitution has been driven by attractive valuations and expected income from the banks. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
The Australian share market has opened slightly lower as resources stocks lost ground due to a fall in commodity prices. Offshore equity markets failed to provide a lead for local investors, with Wall Street hardly moving after its biggest gain for ...