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Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
When is a triple A rating not AAA? When the credit rating agencies say it is - in our case, Moody's. But first, a very big yawn with a matching upward stretch of both arms! I am talking about the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, of course. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after strong US retail sales figures boosted confidence in an economic recovery. At 0723 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 21 points at 4568. In ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after gains on Wall Street as investors remained positive about the prospects of economic recovery. At 0736 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 46 ...

ASIC reviews prospectus disclosure of CRAs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
ASIC has released a discussion paper that proposes strict conditions on how credit ratings should be reported in prospectuses in an attempt to enhance protection to retail investors. "ASIC is seeking public comment on whether to withdraw current class ...

Priced, but not for a V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
There's no point in us lurking around Wall Street this month. All the good news has been priced in. Perhaps. Perhaps not. This may well be - as I've discussed yesterday - the curse of September at work, where the line of least resistance is to give ...

Treading on treacherous territory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
September is upon us! Yes, that single month of the year which historically has been statistically observed to be the cruellest for stock markets. Forget the "Great Crash" of October 1929 or "Black Monday" in October 1987, October's historical average ...

Lucky, lucky, lucky

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
Australians all let us rejoice! We should be so lucky. Lucky. Lucky. Lucky. For a teeny-weeny land that represents only around 2 per cent of the global economy, nobody expected that this "lucky country" would be this lucky. While the biggest economies ...

Wait no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
Death by a thousand cuts. Or more accurately -- death by a thousand rebounds. This must be what the bears are feeling each time equities bounce back from a fall. Equity markets are volatile even in the best of times. That is a certitude. For each and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket was up at noon boosted by positive news from overseas and better than expected results during corporate profits season. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 49.4 points, or 1.11 per cent, at 4485.3, while the ...

Add £50b, will travel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009