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Reading too much out of nothing at all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... change in semantics is laughable, if not outright stupid, when you consider Madam Yellen's stated intent to keep you, I and Irene informed and prepared well in advance when she's about to push the lift-off button. This reminds me of RBA Gov Glenn's comments ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... Friday, is not buying as much gold as imagined. The PBOC released figures last Friday - after five years of keeping you, I and Irene in the dark - showing that it's gold holdings increased by 57% to 1,658 tonnes at the end of June from 1,054 tonnes in ...

Chexit, Checcident and Chimbo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... "checcident" in the financial system that would put PM Li's 7% growth target in "chimbo." So there. Absent Greece, you, I and Irene would be peeing our pants with headlines announcing the 28% plunge in the Shanghai Composite Index from its near eight-year ...

Super fund members switching at record rates: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... directly to banking clients. Rainmaker Information has previously highlighted this inflow growth. Analyst at Investment Trends, Irene Guiamatsia, said some banks have been successful at using their retail banking channel to grow a base of young members. ...

The fat lady in concert on Sunday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... "reunited and it feels so good, reunited 'cause we understood..." in the background. There's nothing else you and I and Irene could do but sit and wait. And by George, thank goodness that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) decided to publish the US ...

Mi problema su problema

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... "watch the data for the when of the lift-off". But hey, we don't even have to do that, the Fed will forward guide you, I and Irene moons in advance. This makes me think, is the Fed's forward guidance that a lift-off is coming soon makes it come later ...

Another thrilla in Athena

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... spinning, heart thumping, palms sweating, knees weakening. But, but... we've been here many, many times before. You, I and Irene don't have to stretch our collective memories further back in time for this sub-plot has been replayed all over again this ...

BOJ in (tactical) retreat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... sun-shiny day." -Everlife Equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town bounded sharply higher while you, I and Irene were still in the stage of REM sleep as optimism returned - more specifically, that el Greko and 'the institutions' are progressing ...

Saxo launches trading platform for SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... and view price alerts. The platform was built based on industry research of 3,000 Saxo clients. Investment Trends analyst Irene Guiamatsia said that SMSFs and high net worth investors "are driving demand for trading platforms to be powerful and feature-rich ...

US data says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... determined by incoming data and what that reveals about the economy." This was the last iteration of "data dependent" you, I and Irene heard from Fed Chair Janet Yellen when she spoke before the Providence Chamber of Commerce in Rhode Island on the 22nd ...