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Australian investors 'conservative and pessimistic': Legg Mason

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... how conservative and pessimistic Australians are about their investment portfolio." The report also found that Australia's "love affair" with investment property is very pronounced by global standards.

Knight Janet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
"...like a knight in shining armour From a long time ago Just in time I will save the day..." - Glory of Love 'Twas a yahoo day on Wall Street overnight not only because of the 6.3% rally in Yahoo, Inc's share price - on better than predicted revenue ...

Dumping dear momos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
Uh-oh, are we in trouble now (again)? Wall Street had a big fall overnight providing evidence to those who claim the previous day's bounce was that of a deceased feline. Reports are it's about the rotation out of dear (as in expensive not the lovey-dovey ...

Australian budget to blow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
Minute to win it!... or rather the minutes of the Fed's 18-19 March FOMC meeting win it for Wall Street. The S&P 500 and the Dow jumped by 1.1% and yesterday's hated Nasdaq is now loved again, up 1.7%. But this was - more or less - how we saw it when ...

Pickle wrapped in a bind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... polls following Sunday's Crimean referendum showed that 93% of voters voted to secede from Ukraine and return to Russia with love. Ukraine's new government, Europe and the United States were up in arms (errr, so to speak), decrying the referendum as ...

You go NZ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Extra! Wheeler has just wheeled out of the club this morning. Oh sorry, that's Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor (RBNZ) Graeme Wheeler to us. And heavens bless his soul, else I would be stuck repeating the oh so many ...

High risk investors lose appetite for risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... in retirement, given there is low volatility, so the chance of capital loss is non-existent." However he warned: "Banks' love affair with cash may soon be over, as the Basel III framework moves into operation next January. As part of this, banks will ...

It must have been love

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
"There's a reason for the sunshinin' sky There's a reason why I'm feeling so high Must be the season when that love light shines all around us..." - Bellamy Brothers Quite fitting don't you think? Equity markets everywhere felt the 'love' on the week ...

EQT charitable trust distribute over $14.5 million

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
Equity Trustees' (EQT) 206 charitable trusts distributed more than $14.5 million in 2013, following the directions and wishes of the trusts' founders. The charitable trusts managed by Equity Trustees total more than $490 million in value and are comprised ...

SMSFs stick with cash and TDs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
The self-managed super fund (SMSF) industry's love affair with cash and term deposits shows little signs of abating, despite the lowering interest rates and resulting increase in inflation risk. According to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) September ...