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Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... encapsulates all the other headlines that answer the 'why' for the weak performance of those scripts on The Street last night. But what did the Fed decide? It decided on nothing. Oh sowee, it did. The Fed decided not to change policy settings this month. ...

Schroders wins top fund manager award

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... top fund manager award, the Golden Bull, for the second year in a row at the Australian Fund Manager Award in Sydney last night. The event, held at Sydney's Doltone House, was hosted by the Australian Fund Manager Association for the 14 th year in a ...

It's raining, it's pouring good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... see? We see most equity markets around the world going on the up and up. The S&P 500 closed by more than 1% higher last night, the DJ Euro Stoxx-50 ended 2.53% higher (topped by a 3.41% jump in Spanish stocks), the FTSE-100 gained 1.1% and Japan's Nikkei-225 ...

Treats not threats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... haunting wouldn't be complete sans Nouriel 'Dr. Doom' Roubini's all too familiar refrain, "Cause this is thriller, thriller night, and no one's gonna save you from the beast about strike". Nah, not even QE3 - it "is unlikely to lead to a sustained recovery" ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... 31 cents, at $33.17. RBS Morgans Ipswich manager Tony Russell said Australian market players took their cues from a weak night on Wall Street, which closed lower after Alcoa said China's economic slowdown was hitting aluminium consumption. "Certainly ...

IMF - It Means Fun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... outlook. Since then through to yesterday's fresh off the rack WEO, the S&P 500 has risen by 6.5% (and this includes last night's 1.0% drop). That's a full five years of consistent and reliable contra-indication. The bottom line is when the IMF goes a-warning ...

Australia can't afford complacency: Murray

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... rest of the world for both trade and capital to be assured of avoiding a European-style crisis. Speaking to the ABC last night, Murray said a downturn of the magnitude which Greece is currently grappling with would be "easily possible" in the absence ...

Data deluge delivers no clearer visibility

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... spending the previous three months submerged below it, signalling that the sector could be finding its footing again. Last night, it was the services sector's turn and it was also good. The ISM non-manufacturing index rose to a better-than-expected 55.1 ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... Yeah, yeah, sure, sure. His statement is to be expected. With Spanish 10-year bond yields trading below 6.0% (5.75% last night) it's not compelling Rajoy to go a-begging... yet. Not without committing political hara-kiri. Contrast this with his interview ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... futures contract was 13 points lower at 4,373 points, with 3,559 contracts traded. Wall Street posted gains on Thursday night, due in part to reports the People's Bank of China would pump 365 billion yuan ($A55.9 billion) into money markets, to maintain ...