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Knife falls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... Australia, property loans in the US is non-recourse, meaning borrowers could just hand in their keys to their banks and not worry about the discrepancy between the value of their house and the amount owed. It becomes the bank's problem. 'Know when to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... won't soon ease. The Dow Jones industrials fell 225 points, while broader indexes showed more moderate declines. Investors worry that companies' difficulties could make an economic turnaround difficult. FedEx Corp cut its forecast for fiscal 2009 earnings ...

Daily unit pricing not the answer: Henaghan

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... hinders long term investment objectives because it discourages investors focusing on long term outcomes as they instead worry about the fluctuations of their investments' daily price. "One of the issues that I struggle to get my head around is why you ...

Filled half-empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
The Australian economy grew by 0.1 per cent in the third quarter - the slowest since December 2000. Is the glass half-full? Or is it half-empty? Gauging from the headlines that followed the release of the Australian National Accounts, the domestic economy's ...

Don't worry, be happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
'Be careful what you wish for.' If there is only one thing Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens will be remembered by, it could be his rational warning to Australians. In a speech before a function sponsored by the Committee for Economic ...

Planners still optimistic: MLC

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... assistance and expertise, coupled with a long-term approach, are the first steps in building a secure future and reducing worry," he added.

Central Banks must unite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... the experience of the past few weeks with the rescue package, this will initially help calm some investors' nerves before worry about the underlying trajectory of the economy once again creates tension. Certainly lower interest rates will help. As discussed ...

The good and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... again become impaired. The Exchange Stabilisation Fund buys more bad debts. Short selling ensues but limited as speculators worry regulators could bring back the ban on short selling. The normal market pricing mechanism is impaired with investors uncertain ...

Broken hearts from empty pockets

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... assistance and expertise, coupled with a long-term approach, are the first steps in building a secure future and reducing worry," he added.

Central Banks hold fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
The week of central watching finished with the Reserve Bank of Australia, the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England opting to hold monetary policy steady this month. Fixed income markets rallied overnight following unchanged ...