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Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Brace yourselves people for this would be a longer-than-usual piece. Get that Monday-itis off your systems. There's work to be done, money to be made! During my weekend reading, I came across an article by a fellow named Danny Furman. His resume says ...

Profits fly high on planes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
Traditional wisdom leads many investors to avoid airlines. But some of the airline industry's top executives explained at an investment seminar on Monday how owning aeroplanes can be very profitable. Fund executives from Investec's Global Aircraft Fund ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... Toronto counterpart, after a Canadian consortium launched an informal takeover bid that could derail the deal. Elsewhere, German luxury carmaker Daimler and British engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce mooted a raised offer for German motor and turbine maker ...

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Rising inflation. Sagging earnings. Sliding oil price. They were the culprits! They sucker punched Wall Street down to its knees while we were sleeping. No Virginia, not again. Don't tell me that just days after the "no one can deny" good news brought ...

Local super funds see potential in offshore property

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... property values overseas, according to AXA Real Estate head. In the group's latest global property report, Market impact of German Open-Ended Fund closures, AXA Real Estate assessed the current state of property investing within Germany and the undervalued ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
The Australian market is expected to open lower on Thursday following strongly negative leads from overseas markets overnight. On the ASX 24 at 0731 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 22 points lower at 4,703. In economics news on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... gains, dipping 0.29 percent to 4,096.84 points. In Frankfurt the DAX dropped 0.36 percent to 7,500.7 points. French and German shares had risen on Monday in reaction to the announcement that US commandos had killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... extremist behind the September 11, 2001 attacks, as well as other attacks around the world since the 1990s. LONDON - French and German shares firmed in the light of Osama bin Laden's killing and the possible effects on reducing instability in the world ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... on Thursday, as investors welcomed the US Federal Reserve's commitment to keep interest rates low, and digested upbeat German unemployment data and energy company results. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading shares added just 0.03 per cent to ...

China surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
Another day, another sleepy trading day on Wall Street. Both the S&P 500 and the Dow closed an itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny 0.1 per cent. There wasn't much news to move sentiment either way. Oh yes, there were the same old, same old issues masquerading as ...