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More young Americans worried about retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... home values are the major culprit, they said, reinforcing the view that until US home values improve, a sustained US recovery will be unlikley notwithstanding that many economist are also saying that one of the core ingredients of the recovery in the ...

QE going, going ...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... worse than or in line with market expectations, equities are looking good. A positive report affirms the view that the US recovery is gaining momentum. Good equities. A negative one could give punters what they're asking for and spur Ben's green stuff ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... risen to a three-week high on signs the local economy is picking up and after a Federal Reserve official suggested the US recovery is becoming "more established".

Hong Kong the pick for Perennial property

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... Kivell. The Perennial outlook for this year in property is mid-to-high single returns with the initial phases of the US recovery leading to take-up of office space and money flow back to the retail arena. Asia remains the favoured region, although the ...

Bold predictions of US recovery

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
The US economy is bound for recovery this year on the back of stronger fundamentals, the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum heard this week. Dr Bob Baur, chief global economist for Principal Global Investors pointed to positive indicators in ...

Any which way is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... the Fed decides to do, the implications for the market would be positive. Stop QE2. The Fed is confident that the US recovery is on solid footing and that it could weather all the lingering uncertainties in the global economy. Go QE3. Liquidity will ...

All up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... that "Most districts reported that labor market conditions were generally stronger than in their last reports." The US recovery marches on. But if this is the case, why then did the US bond market - that which is easily spooked by inflation and growth ...

UniSuper second global tech mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... perspective due to the positive industry fundamentals, but it also enabled the Fund to leverage the best part of the US recovery. Hudson said UniSuper had been analysing the sector for quite some time, particularly in determining how it complimented ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... metaphorical tomorrow not the "tomorrow" tomorrow. Wall Street rallied big time overnight on reports confirming that the US recovery is strengthening. The S&P 500 closed up 1.5 per cent, the Dow ended 1.7 per cent higher and the Nasdaq jumped 1.8 per ...

Sentiment slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... (in the developed economies) and/or actual hikes in interest rates (in emerging markets), lingering doubts over the US recovery, policy mistake and then a hard landing in China, competitive devaluation, trade war, debts, deficits and downgrades, etc. ...