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Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... sure, sure. But exchange rate targeting aside, Draghi mentioned "diverging policy cycles". Yes, perhaps... back in early March - the time when the ECB minted the first of its monthly €60 billion for its QE programme, the time when the Fed was most ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... TPG Telecom. Among the big miners BHP shares jumped 50 cents, or 1.6 per cent, to $32.55, its highest level since early March. Rio Tinto climbed $1.35, or 2.3%, to $59.14 while Fortescue lifted 18 cents, or 8.1%, to $2.39. A moderate lead from Wall Street ...

IOOF rejigs SFG investment team following buyout

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... investment officer Matthew Drennan will assume the role of IOOF group head of research and portfolio construction in early March. Drennan will report to IOOF group general manager of advice Michael Farrell. Peter Hilton will continue to lead IOOF's advice ...

Misleading PDS costs NAB $10,200

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... obtained a home loan with UBank. The advertisements appeared in newspapers, radio and online from late December 2013 to early March 2014 and in digital screens on escalators from late January 2014 to February 2014. NAB did not disclose details of the ...

Goldilocks is back in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... taking advantage of this lull to ponder his next move - recall the lull between Crimea's secession crisis in late Feb/early March and reignition of hostilities sparked by the downing of Malaysian Airlines MH17 on 17 July. But we'll let sleeping dogs ...

Arrows and more arrows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... geo-political risk escalates again tomorrow, you know. The point I make is that geo-political risk has never left since early March when Russia annexed Crimea or Syria before that (and now we have Iraq (again), Gaza (again) and Libya (again)), the headlines ...

Insurers upping risk to combat low yields

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... third party research firm, KRC Research, GSAM surveyed 233 senior insurance professionals between mid-February and early March 2014 The respondent base represents insurers across the globe and across sectors which together represent more than US$6 trillion ...

May worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... succumbed to the downside. And as we progress through the early parts of 2014, it is if nothing else notable that since early March, the broader market has held its ground near new highs while both small caps and consumer discretionary stocks have departed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... Analysts said it was too soon to say if the rally meant the tech sector had stabilised. Nasdaq has been in retreat since early March due to concerns Facebook, Tesla Motors and other high-flying stocks are overvalued. The Nasdaq has lost 5.5 per cent ...

Bubbling bubble?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... 2000." Could it be? Could it be that recent "bubble talks" are true? My Factset chart shows that the Nasdaq peaked in early March 2000 followed by the S&P 500 index a couple of weeks later. It wasn't until October 2002 - and 78% (Nasdaq) and 49% (S&P ...