http://www.itinews.co.zaThe complete South African Financial Services News and Information PortalCopyright (C) 2006editor@itinews.co.zawebmaster@itinews.co.zaenITINews RSS Generatorhttp://www.itinews.co.za/companyview.aspx?cocategoryid=106&companyid=22374&itemid=549AA9AF-BC02-4448-A834-8C0E8187B6EFThe Reserve Bank then expects inflation to drop to below 6% in the third quarter of 2009 - As widely expected the Reserve Bank dropped interest rates by a further 1%, which should allow banks to lower their prime rate to 13%. editor@itinews.co.za (Ian de Lange)Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.itinews.co.za/companyview.aspx?cocategoryid=106&companyid=22374&itemid=E1DFE481-ECEE-4C9E-AE4A-C986DEAB6636Printing and buying newly issued debt issued by the US Treasury - Yesterday the Federal Reserve announced that it would step up its program of increasing US monetary base by buying $300 billion of treasuries over the next 6 months and increase its program of buying mortgage backed securities by $850billion. editor@itinews.co.za (Ian de Lange)Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.itinews.co.za/companyview.aspx?cocategoryid=106&companyid=22374&itemid=23B9A595-E4E4-499A-8F2A-64FD6B83144BEconomic indicators haven't hit the bottom quite yet - We spent time yesterday listening and speaking to a large asset management house and a smaller hedge fund outfit. editor@itinews.co.za (Ian de Lange)Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.itinews.co.za/companyview.aspx?cocategoryid=106&companyid=22374&itemid=A0CAFCF2-BB1C-428F-B0ED-A22FD327CD71Global markets continue to battle to put a price on risk assets. - The capitalist system rewards risk taking, but if the long run expected return from bonds is higher than expected return on equities, the capitalist system would grind to a halt because the reward would be completely out of kilter with the risks involved. editor@itinews.co.za (Ian de Lange)Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.itinews.co.za/companyview.aspx?cocategoryid=106&companyid=22374&itemid=FAC96F39-9552-4F57-89A3-51288D25C357Watch advances and bad loans status for underlying economics - Absa Bank reported annual results yesterday. Today African Bank (Abil) reported a trading update for their first financial quarter to the end of December.editor@itinews.co.za (Ian de Lange)Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.itinews.co.za/companyview.aspx?cocategoryid=106&companyid=22374&itemid=A0AA4363-00D6-4F73-AAD9-12341CF9D619A possible devaluation of the Chinese currency? - We spent some time this past weekend in a small group with well known scenario planner Clem Sunter. editor@itinews.co.za (Ian de Lange)Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.itinews.co.za/companyview.aspx?cocategoryid=106&companyid=22374&itemid=9D2D1652-B956-4A7E-A783-5E498FF551F7Investors focus was on central bankers today - The consensus was for rates to fall in the UK and South Africa. It was expected that the ECB would remain with their base interest rates at 2%, the Bank of England to drop by 0,5% and the South African Reserve Bank to drop rates by 1%. editor@itinews.co.za (Ian de Lange)Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.itinews.co.za/companyview.aspx?cocategoryid=106&companyid=22374&itemid=3EE5BCCD-7693-4BE8-9EFB-FD9B84B3CF68Top of the list for shorting - One area that has been severely hard hit by the outgoing global credit tide has been global property prices.editor@itinews.co.za (Ian de Lange)Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.itinews.co.za/companyview.aspx?cocategoryid=106&companyid=22374&itemid=3CBF2AB8-D390-49EB-9872-4170B75799D6Amidst the general gloom of global economies, one asset class stood out - The price of gold moved up again the through the $900/oz level to the $910 level. editor@itinews.co.za (Ian de Lange)Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.itinews.co.za/companyview.aspx?cocategoryid=106&companyid=22374&itemid=384E2748-85E7-4ACB-B161-F19AA9C8A8BALong run evidence that higher risk assets have produced higher rates of real return - The standard theory myth is that by taking on higher risk, an investor will receive a higher rate of return. editor@itinews.co.za (Ian de Lange)Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:00:00 AM GMT