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Complicating the simple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... twist has come to the fore in this suspenseful debt ceiling saga. It was bad enough that the Dems and the Reps could not see eye to eye. Now reports tell the story of Reps not agreeing among themselves. This from Reuters: "It was unclear whether the ...

DC theatrics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... games) The positive in all these is that, equity markets have already factored in a slow growing US economy as far as the eye can see. It's priced in! The announcement of a deal on the debt ceiling when - not if - it comes would spark short-covering ...

No way USA can't repay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
Chicken Little's back! It's back telling everyone who cares to listen that "the sky is falling". Chicken Little knows. "I saw it with my eyes, I heard it with my ears, and a bit of it fell on my head" (The Sky is Falling) as it watched the Democrats ...

Net-net, it's still good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
What a drama 'ey? You know what I'm talking about. The drama that is the 'off-again-on-again' deal on the US debt ceiling and the 'it'll be bailed, no it won't' Greek tragedy. Yes, those ones. The ones that sent risk assets up, then down, then up again ...

New tool launched to gear SMSFs into property

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
Self-managed super administration provider Multiport has launched a new package to help SMSF trustees gear property into SMSFs and invited financial planners to a roundtable discussion debating the merits of property in super. At the luncheon in Sydney ...

Investor eyes fixing on fixed interest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
Demand for investments that deliver stable reliable income streams will push demand for inflation linked bonds, said a fixed interest manager trying to cash in on the sector. Omega Global Investors, a boutique manager part owned by the Macquarie group ...

Aberdeen eyes insto cash for new Asian property fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
Aberdeen Asset Management is looking to raise US$300-US$400 million from institutional investors with the launch of a new Asian property fund of funds. The closed ended fund of funds, Aberdeen's Asset Management Asia's third, aims to build a portfolio ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is set to open lower today on weak offshore leads and the impact of the federal government's carbon tax on specific stocks. At 0804 AEST, the local September share price index futures contract is 40 points lower at 4,600 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is likely to open stronger for the fourth successive day, following more rallies overnight as the Greek parliament confirmed its austerity drive. At 0715 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was up 19 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... cent, Amsterdam was flat at up 0.05 per cent, TOKYO - Tokyo shares will this week test the 10,000 points level as investors eye firms' recovery from the March 11 disasters, ahead of the Bank of Japan's "tankan" business survey, dealers said on Friday. ...