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It's all about China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
The times...they really have changed. Will this be Generation Next's new economic order. I speak of course about the fast increasing dominance of China in the world stage. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept interest rates unchanged at 3 per cent ...

GS trounces GM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
'Don't stop me now, I'm having such a good time...' Forgive me but this song from the 1970's English rock band Queen keeps playing in my head. You would be humming the song too if you woke up to Wall Street's 2.6 per cent jump overnight - the day General ...

Mortgage funds redux

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... community after last year's "perfect storm" that threatened to wipe out the entire mortgage funds industry? The answer is yes, but some rules have to change. Roy Prasad, head of mortgages at Australian Unity Investments, announced yesterday that the ...

Mortgage fund managers review their options

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Fund managers in charge of $20 billion of mortgage trusts are rolling over between 50 and 80 per cent of the loans in their portfolios, as they try to maintain a balance between the demand of investors for liquidity and the need to maintain relationships ...

Stocks and bonds agree on recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Similar economic news, opposite Wall Street reaction. Are equity investors still decoding the economic tea leaves or just marching to the beat of their own drum? For how could Wall Street have exactly opposite reactions to almost similar indications ...

Happy Americans, happy world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... especially with big brother China wagging a no-no finger on its little bro's mischievous action. But what about the real threat? Yes, the thing that started all this still has to rise from the ashes. The Case-Shiller US National home price index fell ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
Australian shares are are expected to open slightly lower following small losses yesterday. Stock and commodity markets in the US and London were closed overnight for public holidays, meaning there is little direction for local shares. At 0725 AEST ...

Undue credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
Those who forget the lessons of the past are doomed to repeat it. Are we again giving credit ratings agencies undue credit? Equity and bond markets have been shaken by Standard & Poor's warning that it might downgrade the UK's sovereign credit rating. ...

Nooo Commission strips trailing fees off home loans

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
New home buyers could save as much as $50,000 in home loan costs under a new product by NSW-based Nooo Commission Group, which yesterday launched a "flat fee" home loan - stripping away upfront commissions and trailing fees typically embedded in traditional ...

Debate advice, not advisers: Sherry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
Arguments about advice, the role of advisers in their dealer groups, how and whether they should be regulated and supported miss the central point - in its current form advice is an elite service used by a minority of consumers. "If you want bespoke ...