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Fortune cookie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
Move on people, there wasn't a lot of shaking that went on in Wall Street last night. The US equity market closed almost as flat as pancake after the US Commerce Department released the latest update on retail sales that - once again - could be interpreted ...

Advisers told to bring in the romance

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
Everyone is talking about fee-for-service advice and how adviser and their clients will respond when it comes to crunch time, but apparently, a successful adviser-client relationship is all about the romance. Steve Pink from pHuel, a motivational business ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... this word, it makes me sound like a cognescenti) of positive news propelled Wall Street to its fourth straight win last night. Who said China is slowing? Industrial production increased by a higher-than-expected 13.9 per cent in the year to August following ...

CB thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
"But where do you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed Tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head, yes I do." -- Peter Sarstedt We, mere mortals, watching the financial market's daily gyrations and the regular drip ...

Snakes and ladders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... sole growth engine - exports - and exacerbating its two decades old battle with deflation. My, oh my! Day 3. That's last night. Wall Street up slightly. Data mixed. Never mind the cheaters in Europe. There are still a lot of stupid lenders out there. ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
"Girl on a swing, swing high Girl on a swing, swing low... She comes with the light Then goes with the night..." Gerry & the Pacemakers must be looking into Wall Street 2010 when they sang this tune back in 1966. "Girl on a swing, swing high." The S&P ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... daily rallies on Wall Street almost always followed by investors locking in their paper profits the day after. Not last night. The S&P 500 added another half a per cent to its near 3 per cent gain the previous day. No more tears. Data releases out overnight ...

Double positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... Rogers/Hammerstein Sweeeet! Chances are you'll probably hear this word exclaimed or printed in referencing Wall Street's performance last night. Am pretty sure only the die-hard bulls like moi - and some who weren't able to jump ship in August - were ...

One report, two spins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... 99-year lease of Hong Kong expired on 1 July 1997. Bloomberg reiterated a slightly different version of this phrase last night. "One report, two spins." One report. US Personal Income and Outlays, July 2010. Two Spins: Spin one. "U.S. stocks fell, erasing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
The Australian market has received strong, positive leads from offshore trading on Friday night, boosted by assurances from US Federal Reserve on its preparedness to stimulate the US economy. All key indices were higher, as were the main commodities. ...