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Still the best game in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... other world equity markets - will keep on tracking. It's, after all, still the best game in town. The Fed and other central banks' accommodative monetary policies will continue to push investors away from cash - where in some markets they earn a negative ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains in US and European stocks after the British and European central banks kept their rates on hold. At 0830 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 20 points at 5,131. ...

Can't help falling in love with stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... easy for me to see where 'The Street' was headed when it was down low. With all the liquidity created by the major central banks - and 'whatever it takes' pledges, there was nowhere else for equities to go but up, up, up. A corollary to this is that ...

Beans means Buffet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... signs: Economic indicators are improving as evidenced by the latest PMI reports in the US and elsewhere. The major central banks have pledged and/or are doing 'whatever it takes' reflate their respective economies. Weight of money. It's rotating out ...

CBA wealth division posts strong rise in profits

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... and as a major financial institution we must remain cautious. "The long term effects of the strategies of overseas central banks to restore stability are uncertain. But if the current stability continues, we believe it will translate into a slow but ...

Any reason will do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... cliff, China hard landing, Gilllard early - really, really early - announcement of 14 September elections. But major central banks around the world had been busy bodies expanding their money supply since the global financial crisis. Why do you think ...

On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... work. Now everybody's - even the headlines - are talking about reflation and the great rotation. Reflation. Yes. The central banks are still onto it... and are being joined by others. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lowered interest rates and its reserve ...

Insurers to exit risky fixed income positions: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... attractive risk-to-reward levels," he said. He added that the on-going asset purchase policies of developed world central banks, coupled with the global thirst for high quality income has suppressed the yields on offer in the fixed income market. "Faced ...

There's no bubble in bond markets: Tyndall AM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... havens are experiencing extreme turmoil, Bridges continued, Australian dollar-denominated assets are benefiting from central banks' impetus for diversification away from currencies such as the US dollar, and this is helping drive bond prices higher. ...

Repressed rally

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... repressed rally atmosphere in the financial markets? Could be the US debt ceiling. Could be ballooning balances at central banks. Could be fear that the Europe could come back to haunt. Could be... Or perhaps, to take you back to June last year (when ...