Standard & Poor’s

Ratings Agencies Reveal Real Risk of Banks

Posted on December 14th, 2009 in AAA rating, aus, aussie dollar, australian banks, Australian Office of Financial Management, australian small cap investigator, Australian stock market, bhp billiton, cent, Commonwealth Government, home loans, LVR, Market Intelligence Strategy Centre, Market News, micro cap, MISC, mortgage backed securities, perth, Reserve Bank of Australia, RMBS, Standard & Poor's, Westpac Banking Corporation

We’re still beavering away on the December issue of Australian Small Cap Investigator this morning. But we’ve just enough time to take a break and knock out today’s edition of Money Morning.
We were heartened by news yesterday that Standard & Poor’s (S&P) had given an AAA rating to $920 million worth of residential mortgage-backed [...]

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Gold Unwinds 1.4% Bounce But “Unthinkable” Risk of Debt Default “Makes Precious Metals Attractive”

Posted on December 14th, 2009 in aus, aussie dollar, cent, debt, euro, Eurozone, German Bund, gold, Greek government bonds, inflation, International Monetary Fund, J.P. Morgan, Market News, micro cap, Natural Resources Fund, perth, recovery, sovereign debt, Standard & Poor's, us federal reserve

THE PRICE OF GOLD gave back yesterday’s 1.4% rally on Tuesday morning in London, drifting down to Monday’s start near $1113 an ounce as world stock markets slipped and the US Dollar rose on the currency market.
The Euro fell to a fresh 11-week low after the ZEW survey pegged economic sentiment across the 16-nation currency [...]

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Fund Managers Seek More Control of Your Superannuation

Posted on December 14th, 2009 in AFR, aus, aussie dollar, australian small cap investigator, cent, Cooper Super Review, fund managers, Market News, micro cap, perth, s&p, SMSF, Standard & Poor's, super funds, superannuation

Another quick Money Morning today as we concentrate on getting the December issue of Australian Small Cap Investigator out the door.
So rather than blathering on forever as I normally do, I’ll just make a few brief observations on the subject of superannuation this morning.
First up, we noticed the front page of today’s Australian Financial Review [...]

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Why the Exit of S&P is Good and Bad News

Posted on November 19th, 2009 in AFSL, aus, aussie dollar, Australian Financial Services Licence, Bureau of Meteorology, cent, climate change, CPD, Department of Climate Change, global warming, government skeptic, housing shortage, Keynesian, Market News, micro cap, perth, property, Reserve Bank of Australia, Standard & Poor's, US government debt, Wall Street

As you may have noticed, we’ve given the climate change/global warming “tree” a bit of a shake over the last few days.
Given the response, we’ve clearly strayed into dangerous territory. More dangerous perhaps than when we took on the property clowns and their lies about a housing shortage and that property doubles every seven [...]

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