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Pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... if necessary. Economies are beginning to respond witnessed by signs of stabilisation in the rate of decline of many indicators. China, for one, has lately reported jumps in business investment and retail spending. Wall Street's three-day pause - unless ...

Lies, damned lies and statistics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... per cent. The ABS is shot, they have been found out! And yes, there were also anecdotal proofs and negative leading indicators used to shoot down the ABS. Among these were the continued news flow of job cut announcements and the slump in job advertisements. ...

Budget me a recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... opposite direction to increase their number of eyeballs? Is the end of the global economic recession in sight? Sure recent indicators have been less bad - still bad but less bad. Some investors have already started moving away from cash and are placing ...

Conflicts not all bad: AIST

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... for how conflicts are managed concerns cases where a trustee is employed by the fund promoter and whose performance indicators put them at odds with the best interests of members. Conflicts of interest are expected to be a major aspect of the review ...

May sell or May stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... Accounts that showed the return of the American consumer in the March quarter. And before this, strengthening economic indicators in China. Well yes, we know of this already. However, yesterday's releases showed that Japan too is responding to these ...

The good in the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... recovery. The markets are therefore correct in anticipating a better - or less bad - future, especially given more recent indicators showing that the pace of deterioration in the economy has slowed. The US Federal Reserve summed this up nicely in a statement ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... cent, to settle at 7,957.06, making up most of the loss it suffered on Wednesday, when it fell 83 points. Broader stock indicators also finished moderately higher. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 8.37, or one per cent, to 851.92, and the Nasdaq ...

Out with the new old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... yesterday, the conclusions in the report were largely derived from old statistics. And if you looked closer, some charted indicators that were updated up to this month had actually been improving. The IMF now estimates that global losses due to bad loans ...

Taking a breather

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... week. Positive news has been flowing along with the bad. The bad news first. The US Conference Board's leading economic indicators index fell by 0.3 per cent in March with six of its 10 components - led by building permits and stock prices - decreasing ...

Best of the best at Securitor

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... best business practice from documented procedures and tasks through to segmentation, setting staff Key Performance Indicators and working to a 90 day business plan. The business provides financial planning, accounting and tax, mortgage brokering and ...