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The sound of QE3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... continuing at a moderate pace, though somewhat more slowly than the Committee had expected." And that, "recent labor market indicators have been weaker than anticipated." Because of these, it will keep interest rates low for as long as it takes but despite ...

Back to cactus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... the US, you just have to look at the events of their summer 2010. It's all there in the script - weakening activity indicators, fears of a double dip, falling equity prices. And then, the Fed came riding to the rescue.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite shed 47.26 points (1.76 per cent) at 2,631.46. Investors faced a series of worse-than-expected indicators on the health of the US economic recovery. Inflation reached an annualised 3.6 per cent in May, the Labor Department ...

Fundamental indexing isn't

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
Fundamental indexing, when fund managers pick stocks based on market indicators other than market capitalisation, is just a disguised form of active management, said Gus Sauter, chief investment officer at Vanguard. While traditional indexing assigns ...

Bigger picture, nicer picture

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... $21.91 and Westpac down 11 cents at $22.04. In economic news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is to release business indicators for March. In other news, Suncorp Group is to hold an investor day. Royal Dutch Shell's vice president global business ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... contract was up five points at 4,695 points. In economic news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases business indicators for March. In other news, Suncorp Group holds an investor day. Royal Dutch Shell's vice president global business environment ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... stats suggest, I wonder? What does the first drop - after nine months of gains - in the index of US leading economic indicators in April mean? Or the latest slump - to its lowest level since October --- in the Philadelphia Fed's measure of manufacturing ...

Straus-Kahn stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... most Asian markets closed the week significantly higher. For despite these circulating jitters, most American economic indicators point to a continuation of its recovery. Also, news out of the Eurozone over the weekend showed that the 17-nation economy ...

RI Advice partners with Tas bank

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... clients and has already enabled us to expand our client base, " said Grant Howe, RI's Tasmanian proprietor. "Early indicators are very positive, for example, since rolling out from the pilot branch at the end of January we have had more than 40 appointments. ...