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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... turned negative in the last hour of trade after a day-long surge. The Dow was up 135 points at one stage thanks to a positive OECD report that raised the growth forecast and other upbeat US economic data. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday ...

Global Sovereign Crisis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... European Central Bank council member Axel Weber warning that there is a threat of "grave contagion effects." But I think OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria is more on the ball on this one when he said last week that, "It's not a question of the danger ...

Contagion has already happened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... Shouldn't anxiety levels be higher now that a bigger Eurozone member had been downgraded? Told you it's already a "known known." OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria put this so very nicely, "It's not a question of the danger of contagion; contagion has ...

Investing on thin ice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... which narrowly saved the markets from another Great Depression, there is now little room for error. "The damage that the OECD countries suffered in 2007-08 should never be underestimated. The question is, 'is there a short-term sustainability or a long-term ...

L-U-V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... stands for the path of global economic growth. Just last week the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) more than doubled its 2010 forecast for its 30-member nations. Log on to the OECD website. Look at the 'Key regional charts' ...

The Venus solution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... new PM should focus on turning around the deteriorating labour market and renewed deflationary pressures. Last night, the OECD chief economist Jorgen Elmeskov predicted that there is no serious risk of deflation among developed economies. Except Japan ...

Bassanese opens ETF consultancy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... A former federal treasury official and economic consultant at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), he also has a first class honours degree in economics from the University of Adelaide and a Masters in Public Policy from ...

Retirees want funds that last a lifetime

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... much as 27 per cent of the value of super funds - the second worst investment performance for private pensions out of 30 OECD countries, he said. "This illustrates there is a gap in the market for other investment vehicles to help boost retirement income. ...

AXA Asia Pac half year net profit up 187pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... crisis, the economies in Asia, from where we derive approximately two thirds of our earnings, are faring better than in many OECD countries," said AXA Asia Pac's chief executive Andrew Penn in an address to investors. The six months to June, which saw ...

Christmas in July

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
... the first to do a somersault. There was Access Economics. There was Professor Nouriel Roubini. There were the IMF and the OECD upgrading their growth outlook for the global economy. For how could they not? There was just no use swimming against the tide ...