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Profit margin squeeze

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017

... to a mix of increased household electricity costs, flat income growth, and relatively poor consumer confidence." Yes, Virginia, we're back to the problem that is Australian consumers. Apart from record high household debt to disposable income ratio ...

Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017

... manufacturing PMI survey releases showing that the world's biggest economies are all - not some - "floating" above 50. Yes Virginia, one and all are tracking above the 50-point line that delineates expansion from contraction. In the US, Markit's final ...

The BOJ's educated hope

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017

... well as financial conditions, with a view to maintaining the momentum toward achieving the price stability target." Yes Virginia, it's steady as she goes into abnormality "until the year-on-year rate of increase in the observed CPI (all items less fresh ...

Trump and Kim go ballistic

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017

I'll see your "fire and fury" and raise you Guam. Yes Virginia, that's Trump and Kim going ballistic once again as they play high stakes ICBM poker. Who will be the first to blink and fold? From what we already know of each players' character and temperament ...

Wages separate businesses from consumers

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017

... growth in wages; increases in key costs such as electricity and emerging concerns about rising interest rates..." Yes Virginia, we're back to wages. The same one the RBA notes as the "largest component of business costs" and which helps explain rising ...

Economics 101 is dead

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017

... inflation - but we still have to come up with a nomenclature for the current growth/inflation dynamics around the globe. Yes, Virginia, the present dynamics where growth momentum is strengthening but inflation remains a no-show and one that was reinforced ...

Insurer must refund $330k

EMMA RAPAPORT | WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017

Virginia Surety Company, a general insurer whose bundled add-on products included life insurance cover, has been subject to an ASIC investigation involving more than 500 customers. In a release issued by the regulator, Virginia Surety was said to have ...

Another Budget, another promised surplus

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017

A Budget here, and a Budget there, Budget, Budget, everywhere a Budget. Yes Virginia, it's Budget overload, there's wall to wall coverage of the Australian Federal government's 2017/18 Budget - before, during and after - its big reveal on the evening ...

Too much ado about Fed reinvesting nothing

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017

... encountered significant adverse shocks that required a reduction in the target range for the federal funds rate." Yes, Virginia, it'll be back to the good news is good news and bad news is good news all over again (if it becomes necessary). The Fed doesn't ...

Obamacare one, Trump nil

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017

... an experience that leads to an even better healthcare plan." - Remarks by President Trump on the Health Care Bill. Yes Virginia, US President Donald Trump learned a lot last week. The unfolding events did, however, strengthen the credibility of the democratic ...

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BT appoints new head of strategy

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A former Allianz Retire+ executive has joined BT as the new head of strategy.

ASX sees trade volumes soar in May

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ASX saw a substantial growth in trade volumes last month, despite continued lackluster movement in IPOs.

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI

Otivo has launched a mobile app for Australians to access licensed advice powered by AI.

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VINNY VUCAGO

The Munro Global Growth Climate Leaders PIE Fund has been opened to retail investors in New Zealand.

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