Australia

03 Jun

Australian GDP

Posted by cahn in America, Asia, AUD, Australia, Australia, Federal Reserve System, Gerard Minack, Homer Simpson, html, http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/6bf71c58-5016-11de-, Morgan Stanley

There are two ways to view Australia’s quarterly rise in gross domestic product, revealed to a largely incredulous world on Wednesday. The glass-half-empty reading is that Australia, far from being different from the rest of the globe, is merely lagging it.

24 Mar

Donald Tsang's speech at luncheon of Credit Suisse "Asian Investment Conference"

Posted by cahn in American Government, Americas, Asia, Australia, Bank, Bank Capital Facility, bank deposits, banking, Beijing, Beijing,China, Central Government, China, CNY, Conrad Hong, Contingent Bank Capital, Credit Suisse, Department of State, Donald Tsang, Europe, finance, financial products, financial services, financial systems, Frankfurt, Greece, HKD, Hong Kong government, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200903/24/P200903240266.htmCE's, huge banking systems, investment bank, Ireland, Korea, law jurisdiction, Lehman Brothers, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., London, London,Greater London,United Kingdom, New York, New York, New York,New York,United States, New York,United States, Paris, Paris,France, Paul Romer, Republic of China, Rugby, Schweizerische Kreditanstalt, Securities and Futures Commission, Seoul, Seoul,South Korea, Shanghai, Shanghai,China, Singapore, Spain, sports world, Taiwan, Tokyo, Tokyo,Japan, United States, USD, Washington, Washington,United States, western Europe

http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200903/24/P200903240266.htm

CE's speech at luncheon of Credit Suisse "Asian Investment Conference" (English only) (1) (with photos/video)
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03 Dec

ABN marks time with new indices

Posted by cahn in ABN Amro, ABN AMRO Holding NV, Australia, Christmas, Europe, FTSE International, FTSE INTL, Germany, Hong Kong, http://news.ft.com, investment products, Italy, Japan, Research Affiliates, Robert Arnott, Spain, Standard & Poor's, Standard & Poor's Corp, Switzerland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States, US technology

ABN Amro has launched a new range of stock market indices, designed to outperform traditional benchmarks with the aid of market timing. The new indices, which will be independently calculated by Standard & Poor's, will be called the ABN Amro Alpha range.

The indices are based on the observation that investors tend to reduce risk in the approach to the end of the month or to public holidays such as Christmas. ABN Amro believes this is because traders usually have to report profits and losses at the end of these periods. They accordingly wish to "lock in" their gains.