Credit & Misc. Finance

FINANCE VIDEO: Clifford Bennett Expects The Dip Will Not Last

🕔1/20/2011 11:49:37 AM

Any pullback in the Australian market today is an extraordinary opportunity to again buy for further market gains into the week end. Concerns overnight regarding UK employment, US housing starts, Apple, and Goldman Sachs, all of little relevance to the Australian market place. Stocks like Fortescue continue to point the way, and the Australian dollar is heading to 1.03 1.08 this year, according to Clifford Bennett of Herston Economics.

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FINANCE VIDEO: Clifford Bennett Favours A Strong Week Ahead With Markets Set to Rebound

🕔1/18/2011 12:04:30 PM

Markets over reacted to China slowing concerns, and a tough year ahead for Queensland, creating the prospect for a robust recovery in prices through the rest of the week, according to Herston Economics Clifford Bennett.

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FINANCE VIDEO: Clifford Bennett Expects Bull Market To Continue This Week

🕔1/17/2011 11:20:42 AM

Expect strong markets this week, with the Australian market unlikely to wait for the US to come back from the Martin Luther King Jr day holiday. Us industrial production gains in December confirm the resilience and broad based nature of the US recovery.

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FINANCE VIDEO: Clifford Bennett Touches on European Growth Acceleration, Rise of The Australian Dollar and The US Equity Markets

🕔1/14/2011 11:22:39 AM

European nations continued to easily sell their bonds at competitive yields to recent market rates, confirming there is no sovereign debt crisis, according to Clifford Bennett, chief economist at Herston Economics. The US dollar continued its decline, oil remained bid, and Sterling the other market favourite of the week, continued to make strong gains.

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FINANCE VIDEO: Clifford Bennett Reports on Equity Markets and Predicts Strong Buy For Sterling, Oil and Gold

🕔1/13/2011 11:17:52 AM

Equity markets may well have seen their lows for the year, and this is no time to hesitate according to Clifford Bennett of Herston Economics. With ASXSP200 5,000 likely to be seen very quickly, and a year-end forecast of 5,600, the risk reward opportunity is outstanding.

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FINANCE VIDEO: Clifford Bennett Speaks on The Impact of The Queensland Floods, The Australian Dollar and A The Outlook for Equity and Commodity Markets

🕔1/12/2011 12:08:30 PM

It is all about the Queensland floods today, and the impact will be far reaching. Investors will be understandably distracted and liquidity could become an issue, even for the Australian dollar. Should the currency start to move to quickly, Clifford Bennett expects the Reserve Bank of Australia would have to intervene to support it. Meanwhile overseas developments have been positive with both Italy and Greece easily raising funds overnight. This fears about Europe have been exaggerated, and the outlook for equity and commodity markets is quite positive. The local share market looks set for steady gains from current levels, while the Australian dollar will remain under pressure for a couple of days.

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FINANCE VIDEO: Clifford Bennett Speaks On Key Markets To Watch and The Status of The European Sovereign Debt Crisis

🕔1/11/2011 12:05:48 PM

Oil and the Australian dollar are the favoured markets to watch, while Sterling and Gold are building as well. The European sovereign debt crisis is on its last legs according to Bennett, who expects more positive than negative surprises out of Europe as Greece proves it can achieve and exceed the austerity targets it has agreed with other European nations.

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