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Can't hear you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... out overnight. What? Can't hear you. Yes Virginia, if you're looking for reasons to sell there were big numbers out last night that on other days scream SELL! But Wall Street would have none of that. US equities notched their second straight day of gains- ...

Never wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011

Super crime loophole to snap shut

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
The Federal Government wants the power to seize superannuation money that it says was funded by crime and is seeking to change the law. The rule change could affect millions of dollars worth of superannuation assets across the country. At present, superannuation ...

Judgment Day bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... fine cognac. But enough said about this. Stock markets from New York to Rio and old London town went down - big time - last night. For investors saw the signs - and they didn't like it. Nay, they feared it! The European sovereign debt crisis came back ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
The Australian dollar was slightly lower after a sharp sell off in the euro on Friday night (AEST) sparked by further Greek sovereign debt worries. At 0700 AEST on Monday, the it was trading at 106.42 US cents, down from 106.59 cents on Friday. Since ...

AFA targets online ad campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... rather than be designed to go head to head with the industry funds on national television. "We are not targeting Friday night footy ads, we are a targeted online campaign," said AFA national president Brad Fox. To run the campaign the AFA need to raise ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... that's too negative a word - they call it restructuring) speculation. There's "out of the Eurozone" speculation. And last night, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker added to these speculations - and another word in our lexicon - that of "reprofiling" ...

Seeing evil, hearing evil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... Think GFC several times over. But if this scare really, truly is among the major factors that spooked financial markets last night, tell me why US bond yields continue to head south? If the prospect of a US debt default is imminent, then you would see ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
The Australian stock market has opened more than one per cent lower following a weak result in the US on Friday night and as Westpac shares went ex-dividend. US stocks ended the week mired in red on Friday as investors shrugged off US inflation and ...

Equity and commodity alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... Asia and Europe after the news? This logic was also evident in Bloomberg's measure of US consumer confidence released last night. "The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index dropped to minus 46.9 in the period to May 8, the worst reading since March, from ...