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Fearing September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... recovery. For sure economic indicators have weakened over the summer but an economic pause is typical in all recoveries. Just ask Alan Greenspan. What about Wall Street in September? Wall Street will go up, if not it will go down, otherwise it'll be ...

Torturing the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... data releases over the weekend signalled the continuation of the current trend in the economy - what former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan called "a typical pause that occurs in an economic recovery". But thanks to his successor's "unusually uncertain outlook" ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... cash rate rise. When announcing the official cash rate was being lifted 25 basis points to 3 per cent, Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard said the outlook for economic growth had softened. But brokers said the weaker currency was positive for exporters. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... will all release their June Quarter Report. Australia Pacific Aviation Outlook summit continues in Sydney with Qantas boss Alan Joyce to address an audience on Qantas' approach to building a strong and sustainable airline. In Melbourne, Telstra chief ...

ASX appoints chief risk officer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has appointed Alan Bardwell as chief risk officer to enhance the firm's oversight over its clearinghouse and settlements business. Bardwell has worked at the ASX since December 2006 as chief financial officer ...

Just a typical pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... to review my US economic and financial market history, prodded by CNBC's interview with former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on the 1st of July. This is what the Maestro had to say, " What we're looking at is an invisible wall, which we've ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... senior officers of James Hardie Industries SE continues in the NSW Supreme Court, and Qantas Airways Ltd chief executive Alan Joyce addresses the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce on his vision for Qantas and the airline industry. In Australia on ...

Strong one, says yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... is a good predictor of strong economic activity. "Those who don't learn from history..." In early 2005, former Fed chief Alan Greenspan talked about an "interest rate conundrum" in the works as he tried to explain why long-term yields are not following ...

Greenspan put

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
"...I'm finding it very difficult to look into the future and not worry about that." This was Citizen Alan Greenspan talking on Bloomberg Television. Alan was referring to America's "federal debt" and its "capacity to borrow". He must have thought it ...

VTP board backs capital return to shareholders

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... Cameron McCullagh and independent directors David Iliffe and Andrew Grant. They were replaced by Dixon Advisory executives: Alan Dixon, Alex MacLachlan, Chris Brown and Chris Duffield. Nisbett and John Vatovec joined the board soon after. Brown, a VTP ...