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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... NEW YORK - The Federal Reserve's mildly upbeat take on the US economy and its pledge to hold interest rates low sparked a spike in stocks shortly before Wall Street trading closed on Wednesdy. During late afternoon trading, the Fed said that businesses ...

Tale of two extremes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
"Those who don't remember history are condemned to repeat it." How often have we heard this - and variation of this -- "wise saying" before? Many, many, many times. But for financial markets, remembering history on the second week of March 2010 has ...

Don't know where to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... per cent over the same period. Inflation rose to 2.7 per cent in February from 1.5 per cent in the previous month. But the spike is "weather-related" and according to PboC Deputy Governor Su Ning, " the arrival of spring and good weather, the seasonable ...

Asia unseats South Africa in gold race

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... growing weight of investment money is poised to enter the gold market in the first half of 2010. The result is a likely spike in gold prices, arguably to new record highs, said GFMS. Investor demand will come amid fears of a double dip recession, continuing ...

Miranda Kerr and the market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
Ouch! On days like these, an enticing photo of Miranda Kerr would go a long way in easing the pain. Someone please email me one! Now I understand why people around the world - and I would guess that they mainly belong in this industry - are crying out ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... recovery. Disappointing earnings results from IBM Corp and Morgan Stanley added to the market's angst. At the same time, a spike in the dollar pushed commodity prices sharply lower, hurting stocks of energy companies and materials producers. At one stage ...

The I word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... in the headline PPI and 0.2 per cent in the core rate. Using simple maths, you can derive that the outsized 1.8 per cent spike in the headline figure was caused by hefty increases in 'non-core' - food (up 0.5 per cent) and energy (up 6.9 per cent) - ...

Zurich to roll out climate change training

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
Past all the green rhetoric, one insurer is spending money to give insurance brokers proper training on climate change and how it could affect their clients' business. Insurance and investments group Zurich doesn't just walk the walk on climate change ...

Inflation-linked bonds armour against rising risk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... inflation spikes on the horizon should look towards inflation-linked bonds. QIC research has revealed that an inflation spike could be on the horizon, with QIC advising investors, particularly superannuation funds, to guard against a potential inflationary ...

Advisers prepare for spike in insurance sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
Around one third of advisers who use CommInsure and Zurich as their primary risk provider expect their level of business with these firms to increase by more than 20 per cent next year, new research shows. CoreData research also indicates one in five ...