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Aus equities forecast to return 20pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... market cycles and he said that we are in for a time when "too much gloom" coming out of the GFC will turn into "too much optimism". "I'm not saying it's a good thing, it could have its problems," he said. Stammer said another reason why the market could ...

Middle East mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... that the mole of slow growth might finally be hammered back into its hole altogether. Strong economic growth provides optimism, sparking more spending, that leads to higher investment and more jobs. Expectations are that the American economy could grow ...

Chinese fund on BT Investment Wrap

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... most developed economies," said Mulligan. Mulligan said the fund would approach the market with a degree of prudence and optimism given China's fast development as a market. "The capability has outperformed the index 72 per cent of the time, whilst providing ...

Politics shape investment choices: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... stocks and picked active mutual funds with high fees. The researchers looked at statistics from the UBS/Gallup Investor Optimism Survey between 1991 to 2002 as the Democrats and Republicans each took turns in office. The results were the same whether ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... friend. Business services company BDO warned that the UK is in danger of heading for a double-dip. This is because its optimism index - an indicator of business activity in the next six months - fell to 93.1 points in August, the lowest since the height ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... Japanese stocks rose on Monday, gaining for a fourth day after fewer-than-expected US job losses in August bolstered optimism that the US economy would not fall back into recession. The benchmark Nikkei closed up 187.19 points, or 2.05 per cent, at 9,301.32 ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... tomorrow's actual print of the US non-farm payrolls report for August could determine whether Wall Street's newfound optimism is sustained or fizzles.

Bond rush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... about the increased M&A activity. This, too, is now being spun negatively. This time last week, M& A activity spurred optimism in the equity markets because companies are putting their cash hoard to work and going shopping - interpreted as a vote of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... Advancing stocks outnumbered declining one by more than 2 to 1. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks rose 0.24 per cent on growing optimism about upcoming first-half earnings in the city and on the mainland, dealers said. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added ...

The Fed did it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... more imported goods. Imports increased by 3 per cent in the month. Consumers are consuming. The Fed's action undid the optimism that had slowly been rebuilt over the past few weeks. "Sometimes the highest form of action is inaction." (Jerry Brown)