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Riccardian equivalence redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... transparent and responsible spending by the government. But here is where Riccardo comes in, Obama is expected to announced to American taxpayers today that those of them earning US$250,000 per annum or greater will have to pay higher taxes. But I wonder ...

China could own America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... Socialist State - that is it would control finance which is the lifeblood of the economy. Among notable US institutions, American taxpayers only own or control a large chunk of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and AIG. Perhaps taxpayers could give themselves ...

Alaska fund drops alternatives mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... axed two alternative investment mandates in light of the fund's shrinking assets. According to a press statement by the American fund, the board decided "not to move forward with two planned alternative investments in light of changes to the fund's value ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... global financial crisis is nigh. US President Barack Obama declared these words right after he signed the US$787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) last week. His signature on the Act has barely dried when he again inked the presidential ...

Thumbs down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Fizzler. This is the equity market's verdict on US President Barack Obama's latest salvo on preserving the 'American Dream'. If the Dow's overnight fall to a six-year low is anything to go by, yesterday's unveiling of the US$275 billion Homeowner Affordability ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... Zealand. Caltex Australia Ltd is to release annual results. ANZ Banking Group Ltd chief executive Mike Smith addresses the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia on "Perspectives on the current state of the financial markets", while ASX Ltd and Coca-Cola ...

Moral hazard on Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... steeper price if we allow this crisis to deepen - a crisis which is unraveling homeownership, the middle class, and the American Dream itself. But if we act boldly and swiftly to arrest this downward spiral, every American will benefit.' If the TARP ...

Transcending politics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
Waiting...waiting. Americans and Australians are both in a holding pattern waiting for the passage of their respective government's latest fiscal dole-outs. Wall Street sat on the fence overnight as investors await the approval of US President Barack ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... depending on tomorrow's Senate negotiations) stimulus package be sufficient to short circuit these negative spiral? North American and European markets thought so last Friday. Perhaps they are right, perhaps not. There will be more bad news to come. ...

Focus on the good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Whew! Finally a bit of good news. Or rather investors chose to see the good rather than the bad. US equities closed last night's trading up more than 1 per cent, reversing early losses brought on by reports that initial jobless benefit claims jumped ...