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The perfect hedge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
Don't know about you but to me, this week is one of the most boring one for equity markets. Wall Street rebounded overnight. Big deal! The numerous companies that have reported second quarter earnings much - some even much, much - better than consensus ...

Meredith Whitney

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
Meredith Whitney is the name, don't wear it out! It took just one woman with gumption to whip Wall Street back in the right direction. US President Obama, displaying his inherent gift of the gab, was ignored. So were US Treasury Timmy Geithner and Ben ...

Hedge funds lag index returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
Global hedge funds trailed behind key global indices as markets staged a recovery although long term figures depict a different picture, according to the latest hedge fund research. The global hedge fund index, domiciled in US dollars, returned 3.5 ...

No protection in protectionism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
Those who kept the faith shall reap a bountiful harvest. Increased volatility and weaker equity market performance of the past three days have tested the conviction of some investors. Wall Street ended three consecutive days of losses overnight following ...

Threat of Lehmannisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
Not as good as it got before. Wall Street ended last week's activity with a performance you wouldn't write home to your mother about. So did equity markets in Europe. But Asian markets were strong. Is decoupling back? Looking at last week's stock market ...

Slippery - watch your step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
So much money has to go somewhere. With almost all governments and central banks of the world pumping liquidity into the financial system, it comes as no surprise that some have flowed into commodities. Along with the rally in the equity markets, the ...

QIC targets overseas instos

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
QIC has opened the firm's Global Fixed Interest Alpha fund to international investors. Launched in 2005, the fund uses absolute return strategies across fixed income global macro markets and credit derivatives. The fund posted a gross return of more ...

Good news in inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
Is this the beginning of the end? Gauging from last week's actions - rather inactions - by four of the world's major central banks, it appears that this is so. It had been a awhile since financial markets witnessed the kind of central bank activity ...

Intl equities on a good run...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
International equity markets have come a long way after hitting what is now looking likely their lows during the current cycle. The optimism engendered by the slowly mounting economic indications that the market has left the worst behind it is encouraging ...

It's all about China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
The times...they really have changed. Will this be Generation Next's new economic order. I speak of course about the fast increasing dominance of China in the world stage. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept interest rates unchanged at 3 per cent ...