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Not so durable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
The drop (big time) in US durable goods orders - a leading indicator of business investment -- in December is raising doubts over the durability of the economy's expansion. To be sure, most economists were already expecting orders to take a hit after ...

Economic experts still defensive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... house building," one panel member said. There was a consensus Australia's economy had not yet emerged from the impact of the sharp slowdown in mining project investment, and faster growth still looked someway off. Lower share prices had improved valuations ...

Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in the summer of 1990. - The 2001 US and global recession was partly caused by the sharp increase in the price of oil in 2000 following the California energy crisis and the tensions in the Middle East (the beginning ...

Aussie large-cap active managers endure massive outflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Researcher Morningstar estimates Australian equity large-cap unlisted funds lost between $3 billion and $12 billion in assets per year over the last five years. In its latest Australian Equities Large-Cap Sector Wrap, Morningstar said active managers ...

Three days to lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
What's the time Mr. Wolf? It's crunch time... the time when the US Federal Reserve walks its talk. Come the 16th of December, America's central bank begins its quest to return monetary policy back to normal - exactly seven years to the day when it first ...

Robeco fund added to HUB24 platform

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
The Robeco Global Premium Equity Fund is now available on the HUB24 platform. The Australian unit trust was launch in 2014 and the fund itself has been running for eight years. It has a 'Recommended' rating from Zenith. "We're delighted the fund is ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... there's also the incidence of increased terrorism. All these were already happening in the third quarter - plus, remember the sharp volatility in China's stock market, the surprise devaluation of the yuan and... the Australian equity market's "worst ...

Chill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... target and certainly still ways off from the threat of deflation. Even the headline CPI inflation is up 1.5% despite the sharp drop in energy prices - you know, the one the BOJ, the ECB and the BOE blame for the "transitory" drop in their own consumer ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... economy, it sent the economy back into recession (6 quarters of consecutive contraction at that) and instead of taming the sharp surge in the bond yields of the PIGS back then, it sent them higher and higher. This forced a policy turnaround as soon as ...

New alternative beta fund answers hedge fund short-comings

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
Amid poor fixed income returns, the need for alternatives in today's portfolios is being recognised by mainstream investors. But high fees, a lack of transparency, little capacity in top performing products and inconsistent returns from skill based ...