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More young Americans worried about retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... The proportion who are quite sure they won't have enough money in retirment is 53%, up from just 32% in 2002. But the surprise in the results is not just the extent of the concern, but the age groups of the people that are worried. "In 2009 it was 'Gloomy ...

Bad everywhere news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... so close to the Presidential elections, not a month later after announcing QE infinity - policy wise, of course. One surprise could be Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke confirming or denying the New York Times report that he'll not seek a third term whether ...

UK becoming OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... All Ordinaries index rose 30 points, or 0.66 per cent, to 4,580.9 points. NEW YORK - Google's shares plunged after a surprise drop in earnings in a prematurely released quarterly report, but while the Nasdaq sank the Dow avoided being pulled down as ...

Jingling bells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... to Bloomberg). But you, I and Irene already anticipated this - with earnings expectations so low, chances of an upside surprise are high. There's more better than expected news out of China. Annual CPI inflation came in at 1.9% in September -- down from ...

IMF - It Means Fun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... has fallen sharply recently, and downside risks are growing" and consequently lowered its global growth forecasts. And surprise, surprise, the S&P 500 jumped by 9.4% between that WEO and the next one released on 24 January 2012. On 24 January the IMF ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... said the Australian market had reached its high point despite weak leads from the US and Europe. "The market often does surprise us as it has today with fresh highs for the year," he said. "The materials and energy sectors are all up and are leading ...

Time to buy the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... third quarter of 2012 is expected to be the baddest earnings season in three years. It'll only take a bit of an upside surprise for markets to surprise on the upside. And then, there's QE3 and OMTs and APPs.

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... underpinning the better showing in the September data. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have leaped higher, boosted by a surprise drop in the US unemployment rate and on the back of upbeat comments from European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi. At ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
Looks like some partygoers have gotten lost on their way to the party - Big Ben's party, that is. Less than 24 hours after Bloomberg Businessweek published this headline, "Fed Stuck at Zero Into 2015, QE Odds Reach 99%" yesterday, screens displaying ...