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GFC in a fortnight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... thrown and promised -by the US and by almost every Government, and central bank it seems -- over the problem. Investors worry over how the bucket load of money will be spent and how the ballooning budget deficit will ultimately be repaid. Here, the exit ...

Riccardian equivalence redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... immediately. The US cannot afford this, especially at this time. So it is issuing bonds for the bail-outs to boost demand today and worry about the drop in spending later. After all, even the great economist David Riccardo had doubts about his theory. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... United States market tumbled to a 6 1/2 year low on Friday. NZ investors are focused on corporate debt while globally the worry is about lenders. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed down 38.394 points, or 1.49 per cent, at 2,538.286. There were 16 rises ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... than three per cent, and the Dow Jones industrial average sank near the multi-year lows it reached last November. A big worry on Wall Street is that General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC might not be able to prove by Tuesday's deadline that they can repay ...

Groundhog Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... heal. There have been false starts in the equity markets over the past few months. There may be more to come. The wall of worry seems insurmountable. Just when things are looking bright, another economy, another company drops another bombshell and shatters ...

Darkest before dawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
Well now, there we have it. If the January effect holds, US equity investors and the rest of us should all go on vacation and come back next year. The January effect postulates that the US stock market's performance for the entire month of January predicts ...

Read between the headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
Thankfully, the Obama mania that gripped the printed and electronic headlines around the world before and during his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States has drowned the negative media spin on the outlook for the domestic economy. ...

Bonds no safer than houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
Flight to safety? Really? Fears about the economic outlook and a helping hand from the US Federal Reserve has pushed up the US bond market over the past few months. Fresh signs that the American economic recession is deepening - and so is the world's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... average eked out a 0.29 per cent gain on Wednesday, as exporters such as Sony Corp rebounded after falls the day before but worry about earnings amid a wave of grim profit forecasts limited gains. The benchmark Nikkei edged up 24.54 points to 8,438.45. ...

Consolidation is not the answer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... (owner of Financial Standard), noted that fund consolidation is not the answer to the industry's problems. "Rather than worry whether Australia has too many super funds, we should instead worry about the investment strategy they are adopting and whether ...