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Income-seeking investors returning to secured credit

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... history of some secured credit investments. He reminds investors that during the GFC - spurred by the bursting of the US housing bubble and liquidity squeeze - over 75% of investors in asset-backed securities were highly leveraged - with no requirement ...

Playing with a loaded dice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... the S&P 500 that reported so far this quarter..." No one also failed to mention to no one that a renewed slump in the US housing market just adds another point to those expecting Uncle Ben to say those magic letters - Q and E. This didn't make the headlines ...

The twain could not meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... manufacturing activity, an increase in retail sales and an improvement in employment levels. Better, last night's update on the US housing market suggests that America could be getting over its summer lull. Housing, after all, has a large multiplier ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... its 2012 global growth prediction. My, oh, my! While we're on the subject of predictions, the guy who predicted the US housing crisis and the corresponding stock market crash is making news again. Who else? Nouriel Roubini, of course! He twittered, "...2013 ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... you believe that last night's reversal of fortune on Wall Street was really, truly because of "improved data on the US housing market" as the Australian Financial Review puts it or "as Home Data Tempers Economic Concern," as per Bloomberg, please stop! ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... index of pending home sales dropped by 5.5% in April after rising by 3.8% the month before. Interpretation? Woe is the US housing market. If this doesn't make you cry "what the?" I don't know what will. For only yesterday, Wall Street surge "reportedly" ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... after recent sharp losses, on hopes that EU leaders will firm up action on tackling the eurozone debt crisis and solid US housing data. At close, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies gained 1.86 per cent to 5403.28 points, while Frankfurt's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... of uneven data and corporate earnings reports that included a big disappointment from oil giant ExxonMobil. Strong US housing data, mediocre jobless claims figures and mixed earnings, spelt a choppy day of trade that ended with the Dow Jones Industrial ...

No greed, no fear, no volume

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... outlook anew midweek last week - that it would be lower than expectations - following disappointing updates on the US housing sector and negative forward indications provided by the drop in the flash PMI estimates for the Eurozone and China. But in spite ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... that China's iron ore demand appeared to be flattening, raising growth alarms on the world's second-largest economy. US housing starts fell 1.1 per cent in February, also dampening US investors' confidence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 68.94 ...