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Small thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... increase their reserves too. Think China. Think Japan. Think Russia. And all other central banks which are funding the American dream - creditors to America. With central banks in on the game of gold, expect more shine from the metal for months to come. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... Holdings Ltd, Village Roadshow Ltd and Beach Petroleum. Telstra Corp Ltd chief executive David Thodey will speak at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia luncheon. On Wednesday, the share market closed in the black on thin volumes. The benchmark ...

Zurich ramps up investment business

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... sales and Nick Langdon managing a number of key accounts. He said Zurich is also working with global growth manager, American Century, to develop a product next year. "We'll be doing some initial research and meetings with in early December and then ...

Thanks for now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... months worth of supply from 8.0 in September. This is a sharp improvement from last year's double-digit worth of supply. American homebuyers have the Fed and Uncle Sam to thank for this. Fed purchases of mortgage-backed securities have lowered home mortgage ...

The Art of War

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
'Twas another boring day on the Street last night. News out of America showed continued weakness - or is it renewed weakening - in housing and behaved consumer price inflation. Both of which bolster the argument that the Fed will be easy for how much ...

Ganging up on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
What's it going to be? A strong dollar or a weak dollar policy? The short answer a strong dollar in words, a weak one in deed. Yesterday, I wrote about Uncle Timmy Geithner telling Asia that, "It's very important to the United States, to the economic ...

Battle of the bulge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
"Significant challenges remain. The flow of credit remains constrained, economic activity weak and unemployment much too high. Future setbacks are possible." With these words Virginia, Benny Bernanke again set the market for risk assets alight. Equities ...

Job woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
"They left me to rot!" For all intents, this could be the rallying cry for the 8.2 million Americans that are now unemployed since the start of the US recession in December 2007. I speak, of course, of 40-year old Jason Rodriguez, a former employee ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... sentiment was helped by news ahead of the bell of Ford's third-quarter profit of $US997 million on improvement in its North American business, and comments that it was on track to become "solidly profitable." LONDON - European stock markets closed higher ...

A tale of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... Investor Confidence Index fell by 10 points to 108.4 in October - the lowest level since April. Sentiment among North American investors dropped the most (down 12.8 points to 101.1) followed by those in Europe (down 9.3 points to 101.8). But confidence ...