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Still unsure about POTUS 45

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... Wealthy Again. We Will Make America Proud Again. We Will Make America Safe Again." What's not to like, hey? If Rip Van Winkle woke up on 20 January 2017 and only heard Donald Trump's inauguration address, old Rip would also be buying what Trump's selling. ...

Ready for another take off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... "is still in the recovery phase, so maintaining the momentum of the growth is still a main issue". If you did a Rip van Winkle in May and woke up only today, you would find that nothing much has changed. The US economy continues to strengthen but not ...

Shorten slams opposition's 'freeze-frame' super plans

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... increase superannuation. They will just freeze superannuation and trap it in some sort of conservative coalition Rip Van Winkle freeze-frame for as long as they are in government," he added. He urged everyone to support Labor's retirement scheme proposals ...

Convince me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... for all and just murder Greece. If you still have Greek bonds in your portfolio -either you're the ECB or you're Rip van Winkle. Financial markets went on holding pattern last night awaiting the all-important US non-farm payrolls report for May. Are ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... appears to be convinced that the USA will be A-OK. To them I say, duh! Where were you the past few months? Doing a Rip van Winkle and only woken up to the fact that month after month US economic data - except for housing - had been improving. I wanted ...

Fortune cookie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
... off. Investors who bought companies that mined and dug rocks and metals under the ground five years ago and did a Rip Van Winkle (slept) might find it hard to believe that a GFC ever transpired. Their shareholdings would have appreciated by more than ...
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