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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... market had given back some of its earlier gains, but was still firmer overall after Wall Street's gains on Friday. "It's a perfect storm for rising share markets," he said. "We had a strong lead out of the US on the back of some better than expected ...

Baby steps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... the fate of its nation, the globe and perhaps even capitalism itself! The Fed made the correct decision. The timing was perfect. Sure stock futures initially retreated but then scored gains especially after seeing their physical brethren's - who had ...

Asia Pac property assets draw mandate appeal

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
LaSalle Investment Management, one of the biggest names in property management in Asia, gives Australian institutional investors food for thought on the opportunities in the region. Jeff Jacobson, global chief executive of the $40 billion fund manager ...

RBA mixes its game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
"It was an art and act I came to perfect. It was part of my armoury. I felt if my opponent didn't know what I was thinking then I was invincible." Bjorn Borg The Australian Open might be finished but yesterday we had the RBA mixing its play to win game ...

The I word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... index rose, prices received fell. This indicates that prices increases are not being passed onto the consumer - and a perfect example of why increases in the PPI do not necessarily translate into CPI increases. Consumer prices are the ones that matter ...

Yamashita's treasure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... (www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/25322/) concluding that the global financial crisis and the measures implemented to end it have made gold the perfect hedge. "Up when the economy is fixed. Up when the economy is not fixed. Is there a better hedge?" ...

Sell dollars to buy stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
... depreciating currency on the other hand says that all is not well. Think Zimbabwe. The other explanation for this near perfect negative correlation is the switching between the safe-haven US dollar and the riskier equities. Think about the expansion ...

Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
There's a new twist in the tale of what we thought to be the ended saga of the GFC. The US equity market's - and by extension most other stock market's - performance over the past few weeks perfectly underscored what I've been trying to convey in my ...

Challenger selects Five Oceans for Asian equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... whereas Five Oceans adopt a high conviction investment approach to stock picking. He said Five Oceans Asset Management was a perfect fit given former Maple Brown Abbott Asia portfolio manager, Rob Nunley joined the team and the fund manager has been ...

Show me the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
Remember Meredith? Meredith Whitney? Yes, that one. The 'mujer' who moved Wall Street during last quarter's reporting season. She's back in the headlines this reporting season. And if you believe the headlines, she is once more pulling Wall Street her ...