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Ripples from a pebble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Is this the tiny pebble that trips the bull? I planned to discuss how being in cash is an even riskier proposition at this precise moment in time because of its negative inflation-adjusted returns and using as lead "The Daily Telegraph's" story about ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... after being told by the US Treasury to pay the United States $US327 million to settle charges it violated US sanctions on Iran, Myanmar, Libya and Sudan. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares fell, led by Warehouse Group on concerns its decision to buy appliance ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street closed mixed on economic data showing a slight rebound in industrial production and home building in July but a downturn in New York manufacturing. At 0758 AEST on Thursday, the ...

The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... time. It's not just Europe. Let's not forget there is a fiscal cliff in the US. Let's not forget geopolitics is heating up in Iran again." You, I and Irene know how... it's because of that carrot dangling in front of our faces, that eternal hope, that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... London on Tuesday, after the bank was accused by US regulators of hiding sanction-busting multi-billion-dollar trades with Iran. Tokyo closed up 0.88 per cent, or 77.85 points, at 8,881.16, Seoul put on 0.87 per cent, or 16.43 points, to end at 1,903.23 ...

Blahs take the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... time. It's not just Europe. Let's not forget there is a fiscal cliff in the US Let's not forget geopolitics is heating up in Iran again." Pa-lease Mohamed. Let's not forget you work for a company that invest in bonds. Let's also not forget that the only ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... Standard Chartered Bank dived after being accused by the US of hiding hundreds of billions of dollars of transactions with Iran despite sanctions imposed by Washington. Tokyo rose 0.88 per cent, or 77.02 points, to 8,803.31, while Seoul closed flat ...

Playing with a loaded dice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... Dubai World and its debt blowout. Then it was the Arab Spring and Kaddafi in early 2011. There were also North Korea and Iran. They seem like teenie-weenie small beers now, don't they? But at least, they had the element of surprise in them. They caught ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... (and surging oil prices), the Japanese tsunami/nuclear reactor meltdown, the US losing its AAA credit rating, North Korea, Iran, etc. - at 1334.8 points, the S&P 500 index remains nearly double what it was three years ago. Is there a chance that Dr. ...

Australian instos exposed to AML risks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... nations on a sanctions list and their agencies that results in an investor breaching an international trade ban. For example, Iran is a major facilitator of Middle East shipping, global trade and of course oil and energy exports, and it's much easier ...