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Variant Perceptions' variant perception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... coming -- and soon - could send markets in knee-jerk overdrive. This is because Ben will have to provide a dour economic outlook to justify his decision. Not long now and all will be revealed. And it couldn't come soon enough. Not because of all the ...

Bad news? Where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... dearest contra indicators - the IMF - has done it again! Only three days ago, the IMF released its latest World Economic Outlook report, where it slashed next year's global growth forecast down to 3.9% (from April's 4.1%) because "downside risks to this ...

Much ado, no do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... "Reflecting its concerns about the slow pace of progress in reducing unemployment and the downside risks to the economic outlook, the Committee made clear at its June meeting that it is prepared to take further action as appropriate to promote a stronger ...

IOOF awards OC $50m mandate

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... the mandate because despite the fact that stocks recently have sold at fairly low levels based on poor macro economic outlook and tough domestic conditions, stocks have been doing well, and that OC have done a good job in indentifying good stocks over ...

IMF issues buy order

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... end of 2009 and by another 12.8% the following year. Fast forward to 20 September 2011. The just-released World Economic Outlook (WEO) warned that, "The global economy is in a dangerous new phase. Global activity has weakened and become more uneven ...

Volatility hits managed funds despite March boost

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... warned the Plan for Life report. "Investors not surprisingly remain apprehensive about the short to medium term economic outlook, particularly in regard to the Eurozone debt crises and the massive but still unresolved US budget deficits." NAB/MLC now ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... lowest level in almost seven months, wiping $25.9 billion off the bourse, on renewed concerns about the world economic outlook. The S&P/ASX200 declined 78.9 points, or 1.94 per cent, to 3,985 points, the benchmark index's lowest finish since November ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... lowest level in almost seven months, wiping $25.9 billion off the bourse, on renewed concerns about the world economic outlook. The S&P/ASX200 declined 78.9 points, or 1.94 per cent, to 3,985 points, the benchmark index's lowest finish since November ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... lowest level in almost seven months, wiping $25.9 billion off the bourse, on renewed concerns about the world economic outlook. The S&P/ASX200 declined 78.9 points, or 1.94 per cent, to 3,985 points, the benchmark index's lowest finish since November ...

Instant replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... firepower. Speaking of which, Europeans seemed to be moving towards the prescriptions contained in its latest World Economic Outlook report. These are: less emphasis on short-term fiscal austerity and more on longer-term structural measures to reduce ...