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Investors can expect "reasonable" year despite gloom

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... but maintained that he is a "very relaxed holder of bank stocks." Some commentators have warned of the risk of a dual recession in the US and Australia but Stammer said there's little need to be fearful. "There are very well managed companies in the ...

CalPERS chief executive retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... role at CalPERS during a tumultuous period. The fund had lost nearly 30% of its investment assets following the "Great Recession" and found itself embroiled in an ethics scandal by former officials, including its former chief executive. Under Stausboll's ...

Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... to each one of the US and global recessions of the last thirty years. Specifically:" "- The 1974-1975 US and global recession was triggered by the tripling of the price of oil following the Yom Kippur war and the following oil embargo. - The 1980-1981 ...

The Fed's done it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... the federal funds rate was held near zero to support the recovery of the economy from the worst financial crisis and recession since the Great Depression. It also recognizes the considerable progress that has been made toward restoring jobs, raising ...

Be alert to recession amid growth headwinds: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... off rebalancing its economy following the end of the mining boom and investors must consider the real possibility of recession, warns PIMCO. While the chair of the fund manager's Asia-Pacific portfolio committee, Adam Bowe, said his base case was for ...

Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... Such an abrupt tightening would risk disrupting financial markets and perhaps even inadvertently push the economy into recession. Moreover, holding the federal funds rate at its current level for too long could also encourage excessive risk-taking and ...

Pessimistic investment horizon for super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... are going to be difficult but she forecasts a recovery back to normal conditions. "I don't think the GFC was a normal recession. The accumulation of debt was acute and as a consequence what we are finding is our capacity to return to normal conditions ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... Such an abrupt tightening would risk disrupting financial markets and perhaps even inadvertently push the economy into recession." This is what Fed Chair Janet Yellen told the Economic Club of Washington last night - the same words that the Joint Economic ...

ASX jumps "despite" naughty news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... Australia." (AFR) Now compare these "feel good" comments with yesterday's SMH news headline, "'Australia headed for recession': Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek finance minister". I must confess I'm stumped. As "mitch of ACT" writes, commenting on the ...

Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... interest rates, the franc's strength is taking its toll on growth - Switzerland narrowly missed falling into a technical recession with growth rising by 0.2% in the second quarter from negative 0.2% in the March quarter (after a strong 0.7% December ...