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Dismiss fixed income at your peril

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
Investors, particularly those in or approaching retirement, should be wary of ignoring fixed income and other income producing assets in the 'great rotation' out of cash and into equities, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) executive ...

Improving picture paints a taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
Who's scared of Fed taper? Not Wall Street...not anymore, gauging from it's performance last week. The Dow ended 1.6% higher, the S&P 500 closed 1.5% on the plus and the Nasdaq turned in a positive 2.2%. All in a week that, on balance, gave you, I and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower despite strong gains on Wall Street following good jobs data. At 0754 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down 13 points at 4,781. In economic news on Monday, the Australian ...

Guiding it forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013

Ghosts? What ghosts?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... returned. Better-than-expected results on US jobless claims and private payrolls indicate that the Fed could really, truly taper soon. And if ex-Fed governor Laurence Meyer is correct, it could be by this coming September. "They have made a decision ...

Is that a fiscal stimulus I smell?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... stake the farm ahead of Friday's US employment report - the stat that is tied to the outlook on whether or not the Fed could taper soon or not and by a large or small amount. "You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, Know when to walk ...

The others

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... Kevin do...in the next two months or three?" While financial markets appear to have gone back to the old premise of the Fed taper issue - ie, Fed would taper only if growth becomes sustainable and it's good for equities - they (especially, us Australians) ...

Ready for another take off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... presidents Dudley (NY), Kocherlakota (Minneapolis) and Fischer (Dallas) that are assuring markets that the Fed would not taper unless the economy could withstand it...Dudley even prescribed more aggression on the stimulus if the economy doesn't behave ...

Once more from the top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... about all we're capable of right now...we're going to continue to get growth at a fairly disappointing rate going forward". Taper on...hold. Back home, you can't call yourself a fair dinkum Aussie if you missed Kevin's sweet revenge. He's finally got ...

Oh how welcome thy voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... finally realised what we've been prophesising for a while now - equities are in a good place because they win if the Fed don't taper and if the Fed does because it means that the economy is stronger and the recovery sustainable. Or shorter-term, market ...