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Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
It was another day on the financial markets, another one of those happy days. Yes Virginia, commodity markets are up, equity markets are up - even for those recently credit rating snipped Eurozone bourses - and bond yields are lower - even for those ...

So far so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
We're now nearing the end of the first month of 2012. And it's been so far so good for financial markets. Hey, did somebody mention the "January effect"? You know the one, the observation that the market's performance for the entire month of January ...

Not so wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
Something looks wrong - very, very wrong - with how financial markets are conducting themselves nowadays. Investors greeted 2012 with almost universal agreement that the global growth outlook would be worse than it was in 2011 - the World Bank recently ...

Wolf, wolf

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. Have you seen this morning's headline on theage.com.au? "'Ugliest' of times ahead." It's all about the World Bank's latest Global Economic Prospects report that, "signalled a downturn so severe it would eclipse the chaos that ...

Get up and go on board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
Schettino: "In this moment, the boat is tipping... Commander, please..." De Falco: "No, please. You now get up and go on board..." Schettino: "I am here with the rescue boats, I am here, I am not going anywhere, I am here..." This is my personally mouse-clicked ...

Priced in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
Standard & Poor's was at it - slashing - again last night. After lopping off one A out of France's and Austria's AAA credit rating at the end of last week, it did the same for the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF). According to S&P: "We consider ...

The times, they're not a -changin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
It's a brand new year, yet why does it feel that times are not a-changin'? The problems of 2011 merely just got carried over into 2012. And if you believe those start of the year forecasts, the times could even be a-changin' for the worse - and the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open flat. At 0641 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was UP one points at 4,182. In economic news on Monday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor (financial markets) ...

Insto clients forecast a low growth world economy

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
Pessimism about the outlook for global growth has significantly worsened since March, according to a survey of institutional clients by global investment management firm PIMCO. PIMCO surveyed clients before its recent Macroeconomic Forum and asked respondents ...

Transparent social investment forum launched

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
The need for transparency and accountability has lead to launch of new social networking and investment ideas forum, Investable, for professionals and non professionals' alike as a compliant networking tool for the investment industry. The site allows ...