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Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... be raising taxes and cutting spending. Bernanke was well aware of this. On this very day last year, Big Ben warned that America must control its public debt and bring its fiscal finances in order over the next three to six years. That didn't stop the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... Japan after the country was jolted on Monday, a month after the March 11 tragedy, by a 6.6-magnitude quake. Japan was rocked again on Tuesday by two more aftershocks of 6.0 or greater magnitude. Tokyo's Nikkei ended 1.69 per cent, or 164.44 points, down ...

The other emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... or India... or the BRIC economies... or Asia. But there's the other group of emerging markets... and its name is Latin America. Oh yeah, that spells Brazil to most. Yes Brazil - the land of surf, sea, sand and Mardi Gras. It might be surprising to those ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... heading into the February US non-farm payrolls report that the data will confirm improving labour market conditions in America. All the signs leading up to Friday night's jobs release pointed to this. Let's count the ways. The ISM indices - manufacturing ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... continue to grow... and strongly at that. You can take this to the bank. And improving economic US stats out indicate that America is progressing onwards to a much stronger recovery. Last week's improved consumer confidence report adds to the better-than-expected ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... Clinton addressing young Australians at the University of Melbourne yesterday. Her statement was made in the context of America and Australia's unbending alliance in the pursuit of finding the cave that houses Osama bin Laden. Like Batman and Robin ...

Advisers must fight for the future, not the past: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
The fight over commissions on investment products and superannuation is over. Advisers must stop debating over them and switch their focus to influencing their future. Opening the 2010 AFA annual conference in front of a packed auditorium with almost ...

QE2 or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... recession ended. Well guess what? The fresh data on industrial output suggest - rather, confirm -- the renewed weakness in America. According to the Fed's report, "For the third quarter as a whole, total industrial production rose at an annual rate of ...

Parity not quite a party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... hear that chant again. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi! Not that the Aussie needs any encouragement. Australian and America's relative fundamentals are practically begging (or is it America begging?) for the Australian dollar to go higher and break ...

Good for nothing war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... United States and Europe have their crosshairs trained on China and its undervalued currency. Japan's snipers are aimed at America and the Eurozone as it tries to take down the yen against the US dollar and the euro. Emerging nations are engaging in ...