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New index rates sovereign debt issuers

BLACKROCK RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... has performed relatively well and didn't incur serious public debt like the core developed economies in the northern hemisphere." Norway tops the index of 44 countries thanks to its extremely low debt levels, BlackRock said. Australia ranks fifth on ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... bad news all around. But, Oh yes, I'm not finished yet. Haven't we taken the same tour last year during the Northern Hemisphere summer? When most thought global growth was going to stall and then crash? Yes, we have! You witness what happened. The Fed ...

Trust grows with NZ purchase

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... offering of trustee services." Atkin said big institutional investors and investment funds, especially from the northern hemisphere used the corporate side of the business as a gateway to invest in Australia and New Zealand. John Botica, managing director ...

Trouble not terribly troubling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... that halted what was beginning to look like the start of a weakening trend on Wall Street last summer in the Northern Hemisphere. This freshly minted money's still in play and gauging from Big Ben's recent rhetoric, "Until we see a sustained period of ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... (according to my observation, it lags the economy by 9 to 12 months). Having been through a "pause" in the Northern Hemisphere summer, it wouldn't be until the second half of next year that we'll see significant improvement in this stat. In contrasts ...

Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... waking up from its summer slumber. This reminds me of Alan "the maestro" Greenspan's comments back in the northern hemisphere summer, "What we're looking at is an invisible wall, which we've run into here. Which, essentially, as far as I can see, is ...

Fearing September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
Summer has ended - in the Northern Hemisphere that is. But the uncertainty that has befallen Wall Street through the sunny season has not gone away - nor does it look like going anywhere anytime soon. Wall Street may have produced a positive performance ...

Happy Americans, happy world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... turnaround in housing a slow process. But even this is improving. It must be the spring and coming of summer in the Northern Hemisphere but there is no denying that US consumers are merrier. The US Conference Board's consumer confidence index jumped ...

She'll be right mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... wonderful week! Most equity markets - from New York to Rio and Old London town - greeted the early buds of the Northern Hemisphere Spring with spring on their steps. Wall Street - as many others - marked their fourth straight week of gains. The S&P 500 ...

Spring springs on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... the system, and what will go wrong with the system. Last night they celebrated the coming of spring (in the Northern Hemisphere) and looked forward to a plentiful harvest. Words and music. US Federal Chairman Ben Bernanke's speech on 'Financial Reform ...