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Digit says recession averted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
Crash on rumours one day, rally on flimsy excuse the next. That's Wall Street for you these days - or more accurately, the past two days. After rallying on the Fed's announcement that it will keep the fed funds rate at between 0-0.25% till the middle ...

SMSFs stockpiling cash, weighted to banks

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Self-managed super funds have been stockpiling cash in the three months to June reflecting a cautious attitude to the stockmarket among trustees, a new survey has said. Cash holdings for the 1600 SMSFs administered by self-managed super administration ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today, after US markets fell for the fifth straight day while the US searches for a solution to its debt crisis. At 0649 AEST on the ASX 24, the September share price index futures contract was nine ...

Investment head concerned by super approach

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... possibility of the pendulum swinging too far in favour of ESG aware investing, at the expense of other criteria. "At the company level I don't see why we pick out ESG," he said. "I think it's the job of the fund manager to know the dynamics of the company ...

AUI banking on insto retirement capital

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) hopes to secure seed capital for its retirement village fund within the next two to three months and is looking to super funds for $200 million in the long run. While insisting that AUI remains committed to the retail ...

China-Gillard tug o' war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
There was no shortage of unsettling events for domestic investors to worry about over the past 12 months but still Australian equities achieved positive returns for fiscal year 2010/2011. The S&P/ASX 300 index rose by 7.3 per cent - 11.9 per cent including ...

VIX says no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
We were just full of it yesterday, weren't we? Yes Virginia, we were filled with the words fear, anxiety, panic, doom and all else in between that spells M-E-L-T-D-O-W-N. We were so full of it that at one point, I thought it was already October - you ...

Back to cactus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
Hang on to your hats, for here we go folks. While the previous day's data releases provided some leeway for positive interpretation, fresh ones out overnight cannot - in any way - be lost in translation. It's therefore not surprising to see Wall Street ...

Rejoice for May has gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
A funny thing happened on the way to the financial markets last night. There were no significant changes to the landscape - but one could sense the smile on investors' faces if one cared to look. It's risk on one more time Virginia. Wall Street's up ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
The bad news just keep piling up don't they? And from the looks of them, they're everywhere. Let me take you to a bad news tour around the world Virginia, starting from our very own land DownUnder. If you're watching carefully, you'll notice that recent ...