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Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Brace yourselves people for this would be a longer-than-usual piece. Get that Monday-itis off your systems. There's work to be done, money to be made! During my weekend reading, I came across an article by a fellow named Danny Furman. His resume says ...

US to avoid default, EM stocks to rise: Janus

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
The US debt-ceiling debacle may give markets a bit of a scare but was unlikely to end in disaster, a portfolio manager for Janus Capital Group said yesterday. US President Barack Obama has warned of impending US economic catastrophe if Congress doesn't ...

Profits fly high on planes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
Traditional wisdom leads many investors to avoid airlines. But some of the airline industry's top executives explained at an investment seminar on Monday how owning aeroplanes can be very profitable. Fund executives from Investec's Global Aircraft Fund ...

Equity and commodity alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
"I will follow you Follow you wherever you may go..." -Ricky Nelson Why oh why does Wall Street continue to insist that rising commodity prices - particularly that of crude oil - is good for its health? Perhaps it's because today's Friday the 13th. ...

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Rising inflation. Sagging earnings. Sliding oil price. They were the culprits! They sucker punched Wall Street down to its knees while we were sleeping. No Virginia, not again. Don't tell me that just days after the "no one can deny" good news brought ...

China's HNWs hold $1.2tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
China's economy is now advancing so quickly that its high net worth sector is already worth almost as much as Australia's entire superannuation market but growing four times faster. According to research just released by global consultant Bain & Company ...

HSBC targets planners with Asian wide product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
HSBC is targeting financial planners with a new product that gives Australian investors exposure to seven key Asian markets. The HSBC100+ Series Asian Equity Investment is a structured product offering capital protected exposure to equity markets in ...

A-dollar one-point-seven-o

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
Destination: Highway one point seven zero. Yes Virginia, this is what the current euphoria on the Australian dollar has led to - the currency is now extrapolated to reach 1.70 against the US dollar by 2014. According to The Australian newspaper, not ...

Gillard urges China investment relationship

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has encouraged a strong investment relationship with China after speaking at a China-Australia business forum, with talk of tight economic integration between the two nations. As part of her address, Gillard said that China ...

Asia to grow amid inflation threat: ADB

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
Asia will maintain solid expansion for the next two years amid fears of inflation and geopolitical uncertainties, according to a report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). ADB's annual economic publication, Asian Development Outlook 2011 (ADO 2011) ...