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C'mon, Aussie, c'mon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... year. Bloomberg quoted several currency strategists to prove that, the "Aussie is 27 per cent too expensive" based on purchasing power parity - suggesting that the A$ should be trading at US$0.6843 instead of one for one. Perhaps they didn't see back ...

Commodities rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... this is also a result of rising middle class (and nouveau riche) demand in the emerging economies, investors had been purchasing precious metals as hedge against lingering uncertainties and the debasement of paper currencies resulting from the pumping ...

Bad news bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... Bloomberg reports that, "There will be "higher inflation and lower growth because of higher oil prices, which take away purchasing power and transfers wealth somewhere else," El-Erian said. There will be "higher geopolitical risk, which tends to diminish ...

Sunsuper adds another property mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
Sunsuper has expanded its direct property portfolio after purchasing a $107 million property to compliment its national growth strategy. The super fund said the property purchase would add diversification to its investment portfolio. "This addition ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... outside U.S. borders" are also improving? And they appear to be given the almost universal improvement in the latest purchasing managers indices in China, India, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Sweden, Brazil, Czech Republic, Turkey... ...

Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... Department and the University of Michigan. They're no longer scared of dipping into their savings. Reports that the Chicago Purchasing Managers index rose by more than expected in January continues to trend of strengthening manufacturing activity in ...

Year of the Bunny

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... markets, the OECD leading indicator - the one that tracks the future performance of the developed economies - and global purchasing managers indices have picked up towards the close of 2010. And in case that falters, there's always the Fed to rely on. ...

Lift NZ retirement age to 67

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... with insufficient savings a transitional means-tested benefit should be introduced for those aged 65 while the real purchasing power of NZ retirement incomes would be protected by ensuring that the annual pension adjustment is never less than the increase ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... requirement on banks several times this year and even lifted interest rates in November, yet we saw last week that its purchasing managers index continued to expand. "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow." The European Central Bank's announcement that ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... interests. But not for a command economy like China where Beijing dictates what is best. Seen the latest China stats? The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to 55.2 in November from 54.7 in the previous month and expectations of only a paltry increase ...