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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... fiscal and monetary policy go into reflation overdrive - to defeat two decades of deflation and lift the economy from its third recession in four years. Good, good. 'Whatever it takes' policy should put further downward pressure on the yen - the main ...

Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... And this from, Investment News (5 April 2011), "S&P 500 earnings are poised to surpass the 2007 peak of $90 a share in the third quarter after surging from $7 in March 2009, the quickest recovery since at least 1900, according to data from S&P and Yale ...

Venezuelan market rally under question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... American neighbours, Brazil and Mexico. Latest available figures show Venezuela's GDP expanded by 5.2% in the year to the third quarter of last year - Brazil by only 0.9% and Mexico by 3.3% in the same period. The Banco Central de Venezuela expects 2012 ...

Aussie billionaires ranked in Forbes richlist

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... Bill Gates on $67 billion. Spanish entrepreneur Amancio Ortega, who owns the company behind fashion retailer Zara, lies in third place with a fortune of $57 billion. Meanwhile Warren Buffet has slipped from third to fourth following what he called a ...

Time for Japan sceptics to think again

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... of Japan's shift to a pro-business policy is a landmark decision, according to Nikko AM, which believes that the world's third largest economy is finally ready to deliver after two decades of sub-standard returns. Japanese equities have delivered almost ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... bucking the trend to add 0.28 per cent to close at 6378.6 points on Friday on the back of encouraging US data including a third-straight month of increasing manufacturing. Frankfurt's DAX 30 shed 0.43 per cent to 7708.16 points, and in Paris the CAC ...

Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... the rear because its economy also is. The latest available scorecard showed the economy grew by a bit less than 1% in the third quarter. Over the same period, Russia expanded by 3.4%, India by 2.8% and China by 7.4% (7.9% in the December quarter). The ...

Two-thirds US clients don't understand fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
Two-thirds of US wealth management clients don't know how their financial product providers are paid, according to new research from Boston-based Cerulli Associates. The research shows how Australia is not the only nation debating investment, pension ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... Wotif.com, AGL Energy and UGL are expected to post first half results, while James Hardie Industries is scheduled to release third quarter results. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed lower but pared back earlier heavy falls. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

La Trobe scoops global awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... entitlement to assets invested." "Second, a dedicated income reserve designed to provide investors with significant protection and third, a term investment providing certainty for investors and a better match between underlying assets and liabilities," ...