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Goldman Sachs accused of fraud

SEC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... investors by mis-stating and omitting key facts about a financial product tied to subprime mortgages as the US housing market was beginning to falter. According to a press statement, Goldman Sachs was alleged to have structured and marketed a synthetic ...

One down, more to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... rates? But it was not to be...and rightly so. Not with US unemployment still at double-digits and not with the US housing market weakening again. Then again, the Fed's tenor has positive written all over it. Read this one: "In light of improved functioning ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... LONDON - European markets extended gains made on Friday on positive comment from top central bankers and strong US housing market figures bolstering hopes the worst of the slump is finally over. A 3.1 per cent rebound in eurozone industrial orders in ...

Fed brawn, RBA brains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... increase since July of 2006 and the biggest rise since May of the same year. This furthers the view that the US housing market has already left bottom, if not yet on a full-fledged recovery. "...companies from Office Depot Inc. to Coach Inc. posted worse-than-estimated ...

Spin-a-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... Treasuries have risen almost 200 bps since the lows in late 2008; rising yields prevent quick reparation in the US housing market and extend the recession. IMF global growth forecast. Bulls: The Fund upgraded its 2010 global growth forecast to 2.4 per ...

Stocks and bonds agree on recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... 10-year Treasuries - fell while we were sleeping. Rising benchmark rates threaten further improvement in the US housing market through higher mortgages. But if you look at the yield history of US 10-year Treasuries, they have been steadily rising since ...

Seeking equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... supply brought about by foreclosures. This is part of the equilibrium-seeking process that is happening in the US housing market - and is happening in other sectors. How high the unemployment rate goes, how many more Americans will lose their jobs would ...

De-stressing the stress test

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... the period and are up 127.3 per cent from a year ago. Lowered interest rates are impacting positively on the US housing market. And perhaps soon, jobs too. The ADP/Macroeconomic Advisers private employment decreased by 491,000 in April following a 708,000 ...

Sick of swines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... consumer confidence, lower mortgage rates and climbing equity markets could provide a positive feedback to the US housing market that would hopefully turn this into a sustainable upturn.

AMP holds LPT strategy, wins mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... investment trusts (REITs) perform very well, the key to getting there is the financial system and really the US housing market." Sticking to its strategy may be paying off after the firm received a $50 million global REIT mandate from an undisclosed ...

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