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Older Australians delaying retirement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... their savings won't keep up with inflation. Sixty per cent of those who moved to cash or conservative investments listed the GFC or volatile markets and the need to preserve capital as the reason. National Seniors chief executive, Michael O'Neill, said ...

Equity value - cheap or the new normal?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... all-time low closing of 1.46 on the first of this month. This is lower than the lowest yield (2.08%) reached at the height of the GFC in 2008. So what does the 10-year US Treasury yield of sub-2% tell us? It tells us that the bond market expects economic ...

Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... on your cash. Those who did in 2010 have added 28.1% to their kitties. And who could forget that greatest fear of all - the GFC. Despite being seemingly whipsawed in 2010 and 2011 and so far this year, those who purchased the bottom in March 2009 remain ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... or is thrown out or contagion happens and the Eurozone becomes no more, my sense is that we still won't see a replay of the GFC crisis. Why so? Because the GFC crisis took everyone and his dog by surprise - no one saw it coming (although a few will tell ...

Wilson HTM appoints new head of private wealth

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... investors was growing, there was still a high demand for partnerships to help manage money. "The macro picture is that post-GFC, all investors have a greater focus on managing their wealth - but at the end of the day they're still doctors, lawyers, etc ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... next year if she won. Perhaps it would have been better if European governments heeded Russell Crowe's advice back during the GFC. In a TV talk show appearance back in October 2008, the actor remarked that, "If they want to stimulate the economy and ...

High yield may mean lower income: CFSGAM

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... income, but also longevity and capital preservation. High yield stocks actually had greater variability in returns during the GFC, although volatility was largely consistent across both high and low yield stocks over the past 10 years, the research found ...

AFS board votes no confidence in Daly

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... "My recollection of AFS's results is that they remain as one of the most successful dealer groups in the market." "Post the GFC, most dealer groups' income has collapsed. AFS's didn't. We were one of the few dealer groups that's income remained intact ...

VIX says nearly shopping time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
Armageddon. Catastrophe. Lehman Bros moment. GFC mark II. Game over. Funny but... haven't I heard all this before? Let me think. Yeah right. That's it. "Twas about four years ago when Lehman bit the dust. Remember how you - and your neighbours -- felt ...

Bulls run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... them, can't kill 'em. I take the hat that covers my balding head off to them. After everything they've done to bring us the GFC, in them we still trust. They told us that subprime loans were top of the class, they're triple AAAs. We believed. But never ...