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Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... Conference in Atlanta, Georgia our friend Ben said: "Although it is moving in the right direction, the economy is still producing at levels well below its potential; consequently, accommodative monetary policies are still needed. Until we see a sustained ...

ETF provider soothes market over risk issues

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... and reviewing ETFs to ensure their soundness before being listed. ETFs have soared in popularity as a low-cost way of producing market beta returns and tracking indexes. In the last year US$317 billion worth of funds poured into ETFs bringing the assets ...

May go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... Africa remains on the boil. This would keep oil prices elevated. And to this day, the unrest spreading to a major oil-producing nation could not be discounted. And would worries be without that pestering (festering?) crisis in Europe. And no, I'm not ...

Former MilitarySuper chief joins HOSTPLUS

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... development with the appointment of Paul Watson as executive manager, member and consumer choice. Watson is responsible for producing and implementing the $9 billion hospitality and tourism fund's strategic and business plans for the member and consumer ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... think the market's as worried about it to the extent that if it (the fighting) were happening in one of the bigger oil-producing companies," Mr Knight said. The market had the potential to stage a relief rally once events dominating world news had stabilised ...

New benchmarks act like analysts

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... Axioma, said the filters, which use data gleaned from company reports, can scan for items such as value or leverage, producing a factor-based benchmark index. A series of ETFs that buy the benchmark are to be launched in the US once a provider is found. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... There were no major US economic releases on the calendar to lure interest away from the intensifying unrest in the oil-producing Arab world. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.29 points (0.01 per cent) to finish at 12,213.09. The broad-market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... record while European stocks fell on Monday, amid growing investor concern over the unrest in Libya and the wider oil-producing region. Meanwhile the euro narrowly lost ground against the dollar, thanks to a late rally by the greenback in European trading. ...

Queen Qaddafi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... ongoing Libyan production." And of course, that spookiest of all questions, what if Saudi Arabia itself falls or the oil-producing MENA nations all fall down? Agree. There's no doubt, the world will be in a whole heck o' trouble. But this is a big "if" ...

Desert storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... supply. Saudi Arabia alone has more than enough in excess reserve to fill the gap. The problem is that other major oil-producing nations like Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iran are also in the thick of protests for regime change. Round and round it goes ...