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Yamashita's treasure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... in a safety deposit box. But how do you store tonnes of gold? You pay a warehouse or a vault to store and guard them. Ahh...yes! That's it! But wait. With so many wanting to hold gold bullions, bars, ingots and coins, warehouses and vaults are overloaded ...

Thanks for now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... agents' commissions, legal documentations, furnitures, white goods, appliances, painters, plumbers, gardeners, etc. Thank you. Yes there is a risk that the housing market will reverse its reversal once the Fed starts raising interest rates, the government ...

L-U-V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
LUV is the word. Yes, LUV is gradually becoming the flavour of the financial markets these days. But what is LUV? No, it is not the SMS version of the 'I heart you' variety'. LUV stands for the path of global economic growth. Just last week the Organisation ...

Sell dollars to buy stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
... pieces all this time) is spelt out in Bloomberg's headline, "Stocks, Commodities Fall as Dollar Rebounds, Treasuries Gain". Yes, it had been that way since the GFC. The correlation between the US dollar and US equities - I guess you could extend that ...

Planners hit by ratings pullout

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
S&P's decision to withdraw its application for a retail AFSL, effectively pulling its credit ratings from the retail market, could increase retail investors' exposure to risk and lead to a tightening of planners' approved product lists. S&P announced ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
The Australian stock market was stronger at noon on gains in the materials sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 43.6 points, or 0.92 per cent, at 4,773, while the broader All Ordinaries had risen 40.8 points, or 0.86 per cent ...

The Art of War

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... protectionism in all its manifestations." Overall, nada, zilch. No concrete, tangible, specific policy on exchange rates and trade. Yes, they recognised their importance. Easy to say, isn't it? With no material to work on this morning, I got to thinking ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
The Australian stock market was stronger at noon on gains in the materials sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 43.6 points, or 0.92 per cent, at 4,773, while the broader All Ordinaries had risen 40.8 points, or 0.86 per cent ...

Ganging up on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... rising yen is exacerbating the deflation in the country by making import prices cheaper. And now we also have the Eurozone. Yes, it too came out of recession in the third quarter. ECB President Trichet warned that, "there are still many uncertainties ...

Cheap linkers up for grabs: Credit Agricole

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
Inflation-linked bonds might still trail nominal bonds by 4 per cent in performance - but the gap is closing. Isabelle Vic-Philippe, head of duration & inflation management team at Credit Agricole Asset Management, told a media briefing yesterday that ...