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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 ...

Posh playground turns sandpit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
Hold that turkey! Put that cork back into the champagne bottle! Thanksgiving has been hijacked! If you don't standstill, we sink. Dubai World reportedly intends to ask its creditors to "standstill" and extend maturities of its about US$59 billion debt ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received a mixed lead from Wall Street, with major indices lower, but precious and base metals, and oil, higher. At 0829 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 12 points higher ...

Pleasant and nasty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... or two positive ones. For instance, a below expectations dip in the Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index was offset by a spike in the Empire State manufacturing survey (one) and a drop in initial jobless claims (and a half). Similarly, stronger-than-expected ...

Shadow of a doubt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
Could it be that the shadow of doubt is slowly creeping back into market consciousness? Sure, Wall Street jumped last night but why didn't the justifications sound as convincing as say, back in the first half of the year, when green shoots were all ...