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It's a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... 70% of the US economy - hardly budged in the second quarter with growth of only 0.1% annualised. And if sentiment is anything to go by, they're still loath to spend. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index fell to 63.7 in ...

Higher US interest rates possible on downgrade

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... potentially causing a wave of selling. Money market funds are expected to show resilience to a single-notch downgrade but anything more could cause distress. Ratings agencies Moody's Investors Service and Fitch have both flagged a possible downgrade. ...

Consultant warns super funds on alternative rush

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... markets. Short-term thinking is often the cause of ill-advised investments, said Condon who believes funds allocating anything over 10-12% to alternatives "have to consider if they can cope with the liquidity requirements."

Cautious bulls predict solid earnings season

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... domestic economy slowing and a challenging international backdrop that it would be very difficult for equity markets to do anything euphoric. "We see an anaemic sales environment for the majority of companies," he said. Villante said he was attracted ...

UBS undecided on OptiMix future

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... while the business brings a lot of value, it might be better aligned with ANZ. "We haven't made any decision around where anything ends up. Obviously we're buying the business so it comes across to us but there's certainly a good argument that it's very ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... Australian dollar fell below 105 US cents during the overnight session, Mr Morrow said. "But it is more short covering than anything else," Mr Morrow said. National turnover was 893.5 million securities worth $1.85 billion, with 510 stocks up, 419 down ...

Better second half

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... the French banks have no better recourse - if they don't rollover, they sink. And as for China, PM Wen didn't mention anything about buying Greek bonds, did he? Not now. Maybe after Greece has defaulted. Greece will be bailed out. Then, ultimately it ...

Super funds urged to capitalise on Euro property yields

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011

The sound of QE3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... US$600 billion of fresh mints! Is this time going to be different? Perhaps. But more likely not. The pain of not doing anything would simply be too great. If economic conditions deteriorate further, there'll be money action. Gauging by the Fed's lowered ...

Franklin Templeton acquires Balanced Equity, plans new fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... its standalone status. "We want to be really confident that the product that we're delivering to our clients will, if anything be enhanced and certainly not reduced in quality. That's number one and we're really confident that that's going to be the ...