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Reliance on improving global economy threatens big-four in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... around 10% pre-tax returns from our preferred majors ANZ, CBA & WBC. A little more monetary stimulus should stoke economic activity should economic conditions come under renewed pressure. Our preferred majors do not appear buy candidates today, rather ...

Uncertainty goes uncertainty comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... positive." "The upfront decline in GDP and the destruction of physical wealth will be offset over time by greater economic activity. So while the balance sheet of the country as a whole has been negatively affected, there will be a boost to certain components ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... disasters usually have an initial negative impact as production is lost. This is followed by a positive impact as economic activity increases to replace damaged infrastructure." Insurers were among the worst performers on the local market, particularly ...

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... Hands up I say. "Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in September suggests that economic activity has continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent months. True. A fact confirmed by Markit Economics' flash estimate of ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... was up 27 points at 4,519. In economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is due out. In equities news, shareholders have voted down calls for change at the helm of News Corporation at the company's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... governor Christopher Kent speak at a conference in Canberra. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is also released. In equities news, David Jones releases its full year results and Elders Ltd chief executive Malcolm Jackman ...

Why QE3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... latest QE has no end date - it's open-ended. The Fed won't finish until there is "broad-based growth in jobs and economic activity that generally signal sustained improvement in labour market conditions and declining unemployment". Not only that, this ...

Big Ben brings in the heavy guns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... assuring the world that he'll do "whatever it takes", in his case, until there is "broad-based growth in jobs and economic activity that generally signal sustained improvement in labour market conditions and declining unemployment". And on the seventh ...

So where's the QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... are relatively more difficult to apply" and that, "... estimates of the effects of nontraditional policies on economic activity and inflation are uncertain: and "... the bar for the use of nontraditional policies is higher than for traditional policies." ...

The QE question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... Not much to write home about but still an improvement. Likewise, the Fed's latest Beige Book survey found that economic activity "continued to expand gradually" across most regions and sectors in July and August. And then there was the continuation of ...