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Roast Turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
Whoa! Bet you felt the same way when you saw what the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) got up to yesterday - it proved it was no turkey. Go ahead punk, make my day! This was the threat the CBRT made to all 'em sellers, shorters and dumpers ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... Average to its highest close ever, above 16,000 points. That had encouraged local investors, Options Xpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said. "We've been looking for a circuit breaker in the last four days - we were hoping it was going to be the Chinese ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... market is trading lower as profit-taking continues and investors react negatively to a speech by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. In a speech to the National Economists Club in the US, Dr Bernanke said the US economy remained far from where ...

Run China run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013

Smokers' cough up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013

Sinking emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... rallied following the release of the US non-farm payrolls report for May, it hasn't settled anything about whether dear Uncle Ben would taper or not. There was something for everyone. Stimulus tapering is coming soon because jobs increased by 175,000 ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... local market opened lower as investors took their cues from a weak finish on Wall Street after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke suggested the central bank may soon ease its stimulatory measures. Australian stocks extended those early falls to ...

Top-down approach wins in post-GFC world: Hexavest

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
In the post-global financial crisis (GFC) world, global equity markets are more sensitive to news flow and macroeconomics than to fundamental business growth, according to Hexavest founding partner and senior vice president Robert Brunelle. The asset ...

Retail investors need new defensive investments

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
Australian retail investors should consider managed credit funds, as term deposit rates are set to drop, said head of credit markets at AMP Capital Jeff Brunton. A global low interest rate environment will eventually force Australian banks to pay out ...

Planners ignore EMs when advising clients

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
Most financial planners have never mentioned emerging markets to their clients, said a Goldman Sachs Asset Management Survey. Of the more than 1000 "active" investors surveyed, 83% said that their financial planner had never mentioned investing in countries ...