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Good US housing news gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... economic figures over the past few months have reinforced a trend: the recovery is strengthening. The clincher was the Reuters report that the largest luxury homebuilder in the US, Toll Brothers, reported higher quarterly profit than expected on the ...

Sweeet!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
Greece is saved... again! Wall Street back to worrying about the cliff... again! Yes Virginia, this is another I told you so moment. You, I and Irene expected these to happen all along: We won't have closure on that US$607 billion fiscal cliff until ...

Treats not threats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
Huh? Halloween already? It certainly felt that way last week, didn't it? It was the week when the spooks went out a-haunting. The Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund were out like a three-headed monster, singing ...

Two down, one to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Two down. European Central Bank bond purchases -- Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs) - open-ended at that: Check. German Constitutional Court's verdict on the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) bailout fund: Check. Ja! Jawohl! "'The review has concluded ...

Offshore tax havens bank $32tr: report

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
A recent report has found that ultra high net worth people around the world may be holding as much as $32 trillion in offshore tax havens, depriving governments worldwide of as much as $250bn in tax revenues every year. The report's author told the ...

Deutsche Bank job cuts

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... to announce the latest job cuts at the end of July, when it reports second-quarter earnings, said Reuters. The Reuters report said that a J.P. Morgan in late May forecast a slowdown in trading of fixed-income currency and commodities of up to 32% quarter-on-quarter. ...

Dutch pension fund files against GSAM

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
The Dutch transport workers' pension fund Pensioenfonds Vervoer has filed claims against ex-manager Goldman Sachs Asset Management International alleging negligence resulting in investment losses. Lawyers for the pension fund said the claims total 240 ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
Stop right there. If you believe that last night's reversal of fortune on Wall Street was really, truly because of "improved data on the US housing market" as the Australian Financial Review puts it or "as Home Data Tempers Economic Concern," as per ...

Missed the bottom?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
Say what? Now I'm not complaining - I'll take every little bit that restores market confidence - but I believe this chapter of the Greek tragedy isn't over yet. At least, until closer to, on the day, or right after the 17 June elections when the Greeks ...

No greed, no fear, no volume

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
Boring! If there's one word to describe last week's financial market activity, this is it. Sure, sure Virginia. You, I and Irene began doubting the global growth outlook anew midweek last week - that it would be lower than expectations - following disappointing ...