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Don't worry, be happy

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008

... become a self-fulfilling prophecy. For the younger generation, this expectations bias had been clearly demonstrated in the dotcom bubble and the pre-sub-prime equity bull market. Expectations of higher prices led to speculation of even higher prices. ...

America on its knees

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008

... rabbit out of the hat and, two, three, five years later -- just like the 1987 crash, the Asian financial crisis and the dotcom bubble -- investors would look back and see this as a good buying opportunity.

Moral hazard remains

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008

... around 190 per cent in the 2000s. US authorities responded to the savings and loan crisis, Long Term Capital Management, the dotcom bubble with very easy monetary policy and/or fiscal largesse. This prevented the complete unwinding of excess debt in ...

Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008

... institutions at one time, but when it becomes an avalanche, look out below. Now the man (Alan Greenspan) who presided over the dotcom and the housing bubbles, and created the concept of moral hazard and all the ills attached to it has the gall to say ...

Is offshore investment necessary?

... over time. For example, although the correlation between US and Australia remained positive, it has diminished during the dotcom bubble of the late 1990s and early 2000s, with US stocks significantly outperforming the domestic market during this period. ...

Economic round-up: dust off the bear suit

SUZY MAC | FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007

... their exposure to the sharemarket after its key warning indicators flagged a clear sell signal for the first time since the dotcom debarcle. Morgan Stanley's chief European equities strategist, Teun Draaisma, claims PE ratios are at an all-time and hazardous ...

Billion dollar baby

CHRIS NICHOLLS | THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2007

Forget oil or dotcoms, the best way to make money fast is hedge fund management, according to Alpha magazine's top 25 rankings of hedge fund earners, with 2006 winner James Simons personally pulling in a staggering US$1.7 billion. In comparison, last ...

US: American venture capitalists eye Australia and NZ

AAP | TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2004

... investment potential at a conference in California\'s Silicon Valley in October. US venture capitalists were hit hard by the dotcom crash four years ago, but Silicon Valley investors are once again bullish and looking to pour their cash into, or strike ...

IPOs rebound in first quarter

... dearth a year earlier, putting them on course to challenge the record number for the 12 months to June 30 set during the dotcom boom of 1999-2000, a survey this month showed. Thirty-one IPOs in the March quarter raised $587 million, compared with eight ...

Victorian Court dismisses Dotnet director's appeal

The Victorian Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of Andrew Geoffrey Thomson, a former director of a number of dotcom companies including Dotnet Ltd and Hotlinks Internet Services Pty Ltd Mr Thomson appealed against the sentence imposed on 20 August ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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