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Oil speculators push up prices 50 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
... now it's happening to oil prices. The speculators have moved in and pushed prices way above where they should be. Shane Oliver, chief economist and chief investment strategist at AMP Capital Investors, told ABC Radio this morning that oil prices should ...

Super savings on track

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... particularly if the Reserve Bank was to take seriously suggestions they should relax their inflation target zone, warned Dr Shane Oliver, chief economist and chief investment strategist at AMP Capital Investors. "A rough estimate indicates that a sustained ...

Oil frenzy is storm before the calm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... sucked into the vortex created by rising prices. "$US150 a barrel is now just a few weeks trading away," said Dr Shane Oliver, chief economist and chief investment strategist for AMP Capital Investors. Oliver is still however expecting slowing economic ...

House prices 30 pct overvalued

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... view however is that lack of supply adds a new dynamic that has shifted house prices into an upward spiral, said Dr Shane Oliver, chief economist and chief investment strategist at AMP Capital Investors. "The Australian housing market is softening, the ...

Shares in the black despite the bears

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
The share markets are still on track for a positive calendar year, said Shane Oliver AMP Capital Investors chief economist and investment strategist. Trading volumes may also be giving us clues, he said. "While it's been very shaky, the rally in shares ...

Oil to drop to US$85 by year-end

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
... could drop prices from their current sustained US$110-plus run to as low as US$85 towards the end of this year, said Shane Oliver, chief economist and chief investment strategist at AMP Capital Investors. "Australian capital city petrol prices are on ...

Double digit days are over

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) yesterday, AMP Capital head of investment strategy and chief economist Shane Oliver, said the double digit returns in the last few years have been unsustainable, particularly in the face of current economic ...

Hard landing if we don't heed RBA warnings

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... high - if they haven't already - resulting in a hard landing in 2009 is becoming increasingly significant," said Dr Shane Oliver, head of investment strategy and chief economist at AMP capital Investors. Risks are heightening because "in essence the ...

Fighting inflation to make housing affordability worse

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... will ensure a greater supply of new housing, which in turn will relieve this pressure," said Dale. Echoing this, Dr Shane Oliver, head of investment strategy and chief economist at AMP Capital Investors, said, "Housing fundamentals are currently very ...

Cautiously upbeat: Economists Forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... story for manufacturing is a reasonably strong story. But when the dollar rises above 85 cents it's bad news." Dr Shane Oliver, head of investment strategy and chief economist at AMP Capital Investors, said it's also crucial to understand the disconnect ...