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The seventh day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... mood. You never know. A headline proclaiming that Osama bin Laden lives might do it. But let's get back to the point. Last night's equity market performance only proved that investors/speculators/players see what they want to see, hear what they want ...

Fear is in the air

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... in North and South America, and in Africa and the Middle East. To be sure, there were a handful that produced gains last night but I'm not really sure whether most investors would be interested. At any rate, equity markets in Hungary, Romania, Kazakhstan ...

Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... doomed to repeat it! It certainly feels like June 2010 all over again! I can't believe it myself but when Big Ben spoke last night, I became a believer! Speaking at the International Monetary Conference in Atlanta, Georgia our friend Ben said: "Although ...

Bigger picture, nicer picture

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... market as tepid, with leads from offshore doing little to inspire investor confidence. "The US dribbled off a little bit last night and European markets were significantly weaker," he said. "Volumes are pretty light and on Friday afternoon there tends ...

NAB Private Wealth winners at private banking awards

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... Outstanding Relationship Manager, Outstanding New Relationship Manager and Industry Thought Leader, at the awards held last night. In addition NAB Private Wealth itself was named runner-up in the category of Outstanding Institution ($10-$30m). Leigh ...

Convince me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... 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 they waiting to dive? Or are they recoiling to jump? We ...

All good but for the dollar A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... on the day the "as expected" GDP growth contraction was released. Not even after of the strong lead from Wall Street the night before. The All Ordinaries Index ended 0.3 per cent lower yesterday and down 1.2 per cent from its level at the start of the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... figures are released on Wednesday. GFT Forex director of currency research, Kathy Lien, said the Australian dollar had a poor night because of the weak economic figures. "The market is a little bit optimistic today. We have people buying high yield currencies ...

Rejoice for May has gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
A funny thing happened on the way to the financial markets last night. There were no significant changes to the landscape - but one could sense the smile on investors' faces if one cared to look. It's risk on one more time Virginia. Wall Street's up ...