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Why the eurozone cannot afford cheap oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... growth. However, this time around, Saudi Arabia photo bombed the picture... it engaged in price discounting. As per Bloomberg, "State-owned producer Saudi Arabian Oil Co., or Saudi Aramco, yesterday lowered the premium for Arab Light relative to U.S. ...

Bloomberg takes full control of UBS indices

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
Bloomberg Indexes has taken full control of the UBS bond indices it purchased in April, placing them under its AusBond Indexes brand. The transition was successfully completed on 29 September and Bloomberg is now managing all aspects of the index governance ...

QEnd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... that have released results this season beat profit projections, while 61 percent surpassed revenue estimates," as per Bloomberg - says it will be so. Stronger-than-expected economic data released last week says it will be so. And so... will it be. When ...

Caterpillar economy turns into a butterfly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... winks, financial market sentiment went from "shiver me timbers, the sky is falling" to hapeee. Don't believe me? Here's Bloomberg's take last 15 October in its report headed, "World Economy Gives Investors Growth Scare as They Look to U.S.": "The global ...

Global deflation - the next worry?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... cash in the gains they bought during the previous week's bigger than usual dips. Not because of oil as this morning's Bloomberg's headline "U.S. Stocks Retreat as Energy Shares Decline With Oil" would have you believe. I said it once and I'll say it ...

Cyber risks for local wealth sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... corporates and especially financial institions that are now being targeted. Illustrating the extent of the growing threat, Bloomberg last week reported that the number of cyber security incidents globally jumped 48% to 43 million this year, based on ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... even sending the S&P 500 index up by 1.3% overnight, until it slipped... on oil. The action du' nuit is captured in Bloomberg's headline, "U.S. Stock Rebound Fades as Energy Shares Drop With Oil". The fade whittled the S&P 500's gains down to a mere ...

I wish I may, I wish I might

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... has just been whipsawed. Wall Street's action - and their presumed causes -- over the past three days are summed up in Bloomberg's headlines over the past three days: S&P 500 Falls to Nine-Week Low on Global Growth Concern (8 Oct) U.S. Stocks Rally Most ...

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014

ANZ Swiss partnership attracts $1bn from private clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... allocation and they bring a custom basket of international equities to our discretionary account," Phillips said at the Bloomberg Summit. Phillips expressed concern that between 10 to 15% of private client's assets managed by ANZ are sitting in cash. ...