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Can't help falling in love with stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
"Sing Hallelujah! Sing it Sing Hallelujah! Sing it, yeah Sing Hallelujah!" -- 'Sing Hallelujah' by Dr. Alban They're dancing and singing on the streets - Wall Street, that is -- for the Dow Jones Industrials Index has officially closed at an all-time ...

Big deal day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
Ho-hum. Wake me up when it's over. "Twas another ordinary day in the market's today folks. The only news being the long wait for US President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. According to Bloomberg, "He will make proposals for spending on ...

First State Super tracking well after merger

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
Nearly two years after a significant merger, the boss of the $33 billion First State Super fund has confirmed the tie-up was a success. On 30 June 2011 First State Super officially merged with fellow industry fund Health Super, creating Australia's ...

Federal election to compound market uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
The Australian election will put the giant mining and banking sectors at risk of regulatory reform while investors are entering a period of heightened uncertainty, according to a recent report from Political Monitor, a political risk research and advisory ...

Waiting to digest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
With three of the world's biggest central banks - The Fed, the ECB and the BOJ - flooding the world with money, financial markets are still digesting what this all means. The "will they, won't they" do a QE question had been answered. They did. Now ...

100% world recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
Unless Prince William is snapped with his pants down (ala Prince Harry), there ain't much to goose the financial markets this week. It'll be the same as the past five boring trading days Virginia. Sitting and waiting and hoping - and reacting every ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
Now look at that! Wall Street and most European stock markets ended on the plus side last week despite that nagging Grexit feeling - and its potential to be followed by an Irexit, Portexit, Spanexit and Italexit - that'll culminate in a eurozone kaboom. ...

Party in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
An agreement is nigh! That, at least, is the conclusion one could derive if one had one's ear pressed closed to the European Union meeting in Brussels. There really was nothing fresh about the fresh reports that littered cyberspace after the 23 October ...

All eyes on Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
Now you can't say that you haven't been warned. As predicted, the hope trade went puff overnight. Wall Street and European equity markets ended lower last night as the rumours that littered the previous day's gossip mills proved to be lies - pure, simple ...

Hope trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... when that optimism is built on hope - worse, if it turns out to be false hope. Read, examine and analyse the reports that litter cycberspace this morning: "European stocks climbed the most in 16 months amid speculation (let's call this hope) policy makers ...