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Good US housing news is real good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
"Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good in the world." -- Abraham Lincoln Yes Virginia, property is good and an improving property market is good for the economy. Now do you still wonder why Ben Bernanke is doing ...

Public pension deficit exceeds $1trn

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... strategies might not go far enough. "Our approach was to start with a clean slate and recalculate each plan's liability with an eye toward an independent result," said Sielman. "We found that the funding deficit for these plans is in excess of $1 trillion ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after a mixed lead from the US where stocks gave up early gains on firm bank earnings and a rise in consumer confidence on Friday with worries about the new earnings season clouding optimism. At 0745 AEDT ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after a positive lead from overseas with markets shrugging off Standard & Poor's slashing Spain's credit rating and gaining added steam from a big drop in US jobs claims. At 0636 AEDT on Friday ...

IMF - It Means Fun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
Here you go again, u-huh, scaring us again, u-huh. Can you feel it, can you feel it, can you feel it? Sure you can, it's all over the place - Chicken Little is going around crying "the sky is falling" (again). You can't miss it, not even if you close ...

Who you know overshadows rules: Freehills view on Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
Australian institutional investors eyeballing Asian investment opportunities need to understand not only their investment markets, but how different Asian business networks and regulatory systems are to Australian systems. Catching out novice Australian ...

Two down, one to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Two down. European Central Bank bond purchases -- Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs) - open-ended at that: Check. German Constitutional Court's verdict on the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) bailout fund: Check. Ja! Jawohl! "'The review has concluded ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher after a flat result on Wall Street overnight with investors waiting to see if Europe's central bank plans to introduce stimulatory measures. At 0818 AEST on Thursday, the September share price ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... But with its risk/return profile swinging towards greater risk (unless we get a depression), bond investors should keep one eye on the exit. That, or load up only on AAA-rated bonds. There's only a handful - seven - of them now: Australia, Canada, Denmark ...

Market down 5%: Resources look ugly

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
At reporting season's three quarter mark last week, defensive stocks surfaced with their best half year of growth since 2009, while cyclicals recorded their worst - despite industrials earnings rising 4%. With only a little more than a third of stocks ...