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China should have hardlanded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
"Believe it or not, I'm walkin' on air... Flyin' away on a wing and a pray'r..." -Joey Scarbury It's tampered with, it's falsified, it's a fabrication, it's embellished! As sure as night follows day, these howls of protest come when China reports growth ...

Women fail to break into the industry's last boys club

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... I've heard that there are some teams that are very 'blokey' and I have seen sexual harassment cases during my career. I guess people need to find the right organisation."

Super Mario returns fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
Shots fired! Shots fired! Yes Virginia, Super Mario returned overnight and shot down the euro, putting smiles on the faces of holders of Eurozone stocks - Stoxx 600 up 2.4% -- and bonds - 10-year yields fell across the region. The euro dropped to as ...

It's the Fed, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
Are we barking at the wrong tree? Let me rephrase that, we are barking at the wrong tree. It has been less than a month ago - before this wailing and gnashing of teeth - that bad China news brought hopes that central command would fight back with stimulus ...

Empire State bombs out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... index of business activity expectations six months ahead rising by seven points to plus 33.64 this month from 27.04 in July. Guess we just have to continue watching the data.

AustralianSuper builds in-house global equities team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... process and an investment model. "The investment process will be quite similar to what we do with Aussie equities, which I guess can be labelled as core. We're trying to buy good quality companies at a discount to their intrinsic value," McKeand said. ...

A question of trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... the trimmed mean eased to 2.2% from 2.3% and the weighted median slowed to 2.4% from 2.5%. What do these imply? The best guess is that the RBA could cut rates again if it wanted for inflation is not roaring above its 2%-3% target band - it's almost dead ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... earnings reports and another up day in China and not what she sang before the Senate Banking Committee last night. I could only guess that this is because, despite the numerous headline spins, the song she sang remains the same. "If the economy evolves ...

D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... will fall by another 0.6% today, at least at the open (that's all?). How the All Ordinaries index close today is anybody's guess. It's already lost 2.2% yesterday - the biggest one-day drop since 6 May (for stat lovers out there) - taking its 2015-to-date ...

The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
Now that Grexit worries have been sorted - sort of - and a Graccident averted (yet again), financial markets are likely to look for the next big worry. They don't have to scour far, wide and yonder - it was out-headlined by Greece these past few days ...