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Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... haven't stopped prices from sliding. A growing population and falling housing prices are basic and clear signs of economic recession." I agree with you on this one, Dan. Recent US housing stats remain dismal but not that these alone are "clear signs ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... yesterday in spite of reports that one of our biggest trading partners has done a double-D. Japan fell back into a technical recession after its economy contracted by a larger-than-expected 0.9 per cent in the March quarter - nearly twice the 0.5 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
The Australian dollar was higher at noon, as news that Japan had fallen into a technical recession failed to spook currency traders. At 1200 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at 106.51 US cents, up from 106.24 cents on Wednesday. Since 0700 AEST ...

US to avoid default, EM stocks to rise: Janus

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... credit rating, interest rates would rise dramatically unravelling the financial system and pushing the US into a worse recession than the GFC. But John Eisinger, portfolio manager of the Janus Global Unconstrained Equity and Janus Opportunistic All Cap ...

Seeing evil, hearing evil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... "catastrophic economic impact." It would lead to higher interest rates, reduce household wealth and cause a double-D recession. I think it'll cause more than that. Think GFC several times over. But if this scare really, truly is among the major factors ...

Up, down or sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... than half a greenback. Investors, traders and speculators were not short of explanations for their predictions. Global recession, falling commodity prices, falling interest rates, risk aversion, end of the yen carry, Australian recession, China slowdown ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... highest close since December 2000, when it was plummeting as the dot-com bubble famously burst, plunging the country into recession. Riding news that the Fed would not raise ultra-low interest rates, the Dow Jones Industrial Average also surged, adding ...

Gillard urges China investment relationship

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... 25 per cent of all Australian exports. "Like China, we emerged from the global financial crisis without dropping into recession. This performance is explained by several factors. China's continued demand for our exports is one," said Gillard. "Chinese ...

Thanks S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... surplus - yes, a surplus - of 2.4 per cent of GDP back in 2000 as the economy expanded strongly following the 1990/91 recession. There is no reason - ok maybe few -- for it not to do so again.

Experts bullish on US despite debt gloom

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... Delaware-based investment management firm Marvin & Palmer Associates, said he is extremely bullish on US stocks as the severe recession and looming sovereign debt crisis meant the market was changing its rules for the better. "People never change because ...