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Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Brace yourselves people for this would be a longer-than-usual piece. Get that Monday-itis off your systems. There's work to be done, money to be made! During my weekend reading, I came across an article by a fellow named Danny Furman. His resume says ...

Unfixed future for fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
The future of fixed income lies with product innovations, global investing and shirking away from benchmarks, the audience was told at AllianceBernstein's recent symposium. Doug Peebles, chief investment officer and head of AllianceBernstein's fixed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
The Australian share market was half a per cent weaker at noon, while still heading for a gain for the week, after a pull back in commodity prices weighed on the resources sector. At 1202 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 24.8 points, or ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
Surprise, surprise! There were more negative/depressing data releases over the past 24 hours than over the past few "days of fear" combined, yet most equity markets ended on the up and up. No Virginia, I'm not talking about ol' Dominique Strauss-Kahn ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
The Australian dollar was higher at noon, as news that Japan had fallen into a technical recession failed to spook currency traders. At 1200 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at 106.51 US cents, up from 106.24 cents on Wednesday. Since 0700 AEST ...

Unfixed future for fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
The future of fixed income lies with product innovations, global investing and shirking away from benchmarks, the audience was told at yesterday's AllianceBernstein's symposium. Doug Peebles, chief investment officer and head of AllianceBernstein's ...

Tougher controls for SMSF collectibles

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
Draft legislation has been released by the federal government outlining new rules for self-managed super funds (SMSF) investing in collectibles. The proposed regulations are a significant watering down however of Super System Review recommendations ...

AFA targets online ad campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
The advice industry's latest advertising campaign to be to run by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will use a highly targeted online strategy rather than be designed to go head to head with the industry funds on national television. "We are ...

No minute message in FOMC minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
Look ma, I must be psychic! Twenty-four hours have not passed since I penned on this space that the mighty US Federal Reserve would dispel the fears, the anxiety, the trepidation that's currently doing the rounds of financial markets. And with the release ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
The bad news just keep piling up don't they? And from the looks of them, they're everywhere. Let me take you to a bad news tour around the world Virginia, starting from our very own land DownUnder. If you're watching carefully, you'll notice that recent ...