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Stocks and bonds agree on recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Similar economic news, opposite Wall Street reaction. Are equity investors still decoding the economic tea leaves or just marching to the beat of their own drum? For how could Wall Street have exactly opposite reactions to almost similar indications ...

Take your pick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
The good, the bad and the ugly. Overnight news out of America had something for everybody. Take your pick. Bullish on the economy and the financial markets? Then look no further than the US National Association for Business Economics (NABE) latest survey ...

US pension deficit shrinks

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
The pension funding status of the largest US companies improved by more than $260 billion in the past two months, according to a report. Mercer's review found the pension plans of the S&P 1500 companies improved by around $60 billion in April and roughly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly higher after US stocks recovered late in the trading session on positive economic reports. Gold miners may gain on the rise in the precious metal and energy stocks may decline after the oil price ...

Go for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
The US Federal Reserve's announcement that it is releasing freshly minted greenbacks worth US$1.25 trillion to rescue the convulsing economy threatens the return of high inflation when the current global financial crisis is but a painful memory. Inflation ...

Treasuries still strong: ML

RUTH LIEW AND MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
Investors with funds invested in US Treasuries should hang on to their investments for at least the next six months - despite some punters voicing fears that the sector might be next asset class in the US to implode, according to an industry expert. ...

Intech fixed interest tops IC survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
Intech's implemented consulting service takes the top gong in the Australian fixed interest and international fixed interest categories, according to a December quarter survey. The latest quarterly implemented consulting survey, jointly conducted by ...

The global recession we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
Central banks threw in the kitchen sink. In a coordinated move, six major world central banks each cut their benchmark target interest rate by 50 basis points in efforts to stem the global panic. The US Federal Reserve lowered the fed funds rate to ...

Financial woes continue to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
The Australian stockmarket is set for another down day of trading and bond yields will head lower if Wall Street's overnight perfromance is anything to go by. US share prices slipped while bonds were higher on the back of more news of losses in the ...

More Fed pump-priming

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
The Australian equity market should continue its positive performance today while bond yields should pick up if Wall Street's overnight performance is anything to go by. Wall Street closed higher overnight as an unexpectedly strong US employment report ...