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May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011

... conclusion real. And we all know, wherever Wall Street goes, there we will be - and most others. Last night's losses on "The Street" makes it three for three - three downs for the three trading days of May. There are so many explanations why the month ...

Any which way is good

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011

... Australians all, came back to work a day earlier we would have felt differently about today for apart from watching The Street shed a few points yesterday, we would have missed out on another day of just plain doing nothing but enjoying our holiday. ...

Thanks S&P

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011

... quickly as it appeared. Now that the credit rater has had its five-minute of sunshine it's back to business as usual on The Street once more. US equities recovered half of the losses they incurred yesterday. But this is only because the closing bell ...

We shall overcome

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011

... voila, this Sunday service hymn (originally the marching tune of the civil rights movement) and the congregation on The Street have their own rallying song. The US Conference Board revealed that consumer confidence dropped to 63.4 in March following ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP | THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011

... they were preparing for a national "day of rage" on Friday, which is expected to see thousands of protesters take to the street. Mr Potter said this could impact investor risk appetite. "This will probably increase the fears and contagion of what's happening ...

Oil central bank

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011

... just to stay put with the S&P 500 and the Dow just a teeny-weeny bit (0.01 per cent) below the zero line. Can't blame The Street's behaviour last night. There was no major economic data out to sway sentiment one way or the other. And those that had significance ...

Oil at US$300

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011

... this day. It's the mirror image of the previous day's "Wall Street dips as oil pressure bounds" theme, or days when The Street falls as oil surges. And what happens when equity markets gain at the same time that the price of crude increases? There's ...

Three and a half men

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011

Wall Street welcomed March with a big drop with the three major indices down about 1.5 per cent on the day. Oh boy, here we go again. News services were all over the place blaming the renewed spike in crude. Oil spiked - again! - because of reports ...

People powered

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011

Gone in 18 days! The New Year's fresh events risk that was Egypt has gone with the departure of the country's strongman. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had been ultimately forced to abandon the throne his bum had been glued onto for 30 years by 18-days ...

Catching its second wind

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011

... ended last night's session just a tad (0.1 per cent) higher. It was hilarious reading the almost "real-time" read on The Street this morning. Yes, I was up that early and early trading was bad. Then, the general theme of analysis was that the bond market ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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