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Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... the golden ticket to ride the equity market. Thanks to its reporter in London, Ms. Sarah Jones, we now know that central banks have jumped on -- or intend to join -- the equity bandwagon. In her article headed, "Central Banks Load Up on Equities", Ms. ...

Global cooling on carbon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... personal wealth betting on the shiny metal (though it's still a paper loss until he sells his holdings). Just ask the central banks, which according to Bloomberg, has lost US$560 billion this year. I betcha Paulson & Co. and the central banks would not ...

Collapse does not signal end of gold party

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... fragility of the US recovery, on-going Eurozone weakness and continued high sovereign debt risks are likely to keep central banks firmly in aggressive stimulus mode," he finished. Meanwhile, the fall in the gold price has been bad news for the Aussie ...

Fool's gold?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... central bank's total hoard of 13.9 metric tonnes of the metal. That's' just 1.9% of total gold purchases made by world central banks last year. But you know the drill. Just like any other story that comes out of the Eurozone, it's about contagion. What ...

Falling BRICs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... far below the double-digit growth rates these economies produced in 2007. The problem is that the BRICs respective central banks are straitjacketed by rising inflation. Annual consumer price inflation in Brazil climbed to 6.7% in February after steadily ...

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 ...