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Super funds stage comeback

... like this reinforce how rapidly markets can climb back once markets price in most of the bad news. Recent reports that economists are now lowering their unemployment forecasts only adds weight to these trend," he said. If unlisted assets are devalued ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... businesses continued to trim stockpiles. Inventories dipped 0.8 percent in May, slightly smaller than the 1 percent decline economists had expected. The better news on jobless claims and inventories was tempered by generally weaker sales at retailers ...

Black or white - just beat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... Keyne's paradox remains that - a paradox. Black? White? While this paradox provides an interesting area for debate among economists, equity investors are saying: "It doesn't matter who's wrong or right...Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it...No one ...

Take your pick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... further than the US National Association for Business Economics (NABE) latest survey which showed that 74 per cent of economists agreeing that the America's recession would be all over by the third quarter of 2009. Not enough? Read the National Association ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... minutes of its May board meeting. Treasury Secretary Ken Henry delivers his post budget speech to Australian Business Economists on "Contemporary Challenges in Fiscal Policy". In company news, Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Ltd holds its annual ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... Official data showed that the jobless rate had unexpectedly dropped to 5.4 per cent in April from 5.7 per cent in March. Economists had expected a rise to 5.9 per cent. At 1200 AEST, the S&P/ASX200 index had gained 85.2 points, or 2.2 per cent, at 3952.3 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... is due. In Sydney, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco president, Dr Janet Yellen, addresses Australian Business Economists on "The Outlook for the United States Economy". In company news, News Corp released its third quarter results on Wednesday ...

Budget me a recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... started moving away from cash and are placing their chips on equities. But many still remain concerned. After all, 'economists predicted nine of the last five recessions.' I wonder how many accurately predicted the eventual upturns? Those still on the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... percent annualised rate. While considerably worse than the 4.7 per cent annual rate of decline expected by private economists, and only slightly better than the 6.3 per cent drop in the prior quarter, a severe drop in business investment coupled with ...

Cutting SG a disaster: Keating

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... be an economic disaster, warned former Australian Prime Minister, Paul Keating. At the end of last year, a group of economists lead by Nick Gruen, principal of the Lateral Economics consultancy wrote to Prime Minister Rudd proposing that employer super ...