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Stimulate and die

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... in falling demand, consumption and investment? What then? It didn't help that Benny brought it out in the open again last night. "So, in the very near term, increased taxes, cuts in spending that are too large would be a negative, would be a drag on ...

Turning Bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... non-farm payrolls report nor news that Hungary is following the European PIGS down the drain. It also wasn't because of last night's report that the euro hit fresh four-year lows or that the US Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission subpoenaed Goldman Sachs ...

Great disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... "great disappointment". In a way, the financial markets brought this onto themselves. How would you feel if you expected a night out with Jennifer Hawkins and got one with Kevin Rudd instead? Ok, bad joke... only because some may actually, really, truly ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... adviser Stuart Smith said volumes were low as investors awaited the release of employment data in the United States on Friday night (AEST). "That's probably softened the effect today, but commodities were all sold down last night so you've got your market ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... increase and follows a 65,000 gain in April. Wide, wide guess. I don't know if you've noticed the flip-flop on Wall Street last night. This to me indicates that while there is optimism, it may be uncertain optimism. I don't blame The Street, I would ...

Silver lining

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... one form or another in the coming days to bring our spirits down again. But there was none of these on Wall Street last night. The S&P 500 index shot up by 2.6 per cent and the Dow jumped by 2.3 per cent following good news on the US housing market. ...

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... it's called geopolitical risk. In George Bush Junior's time, they were Al Qaeda and Afghanistan and Saddam and Iraq. Last night, screens were flashing red again with geo-political risk on reports that Lebanon fired at Israeli warplanes. So what if two ...

US consumers to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... on dips. Call it whatever you want, the fact is that Wall Street rose from the ashes of a deep 3 per cent-plus slump last night to close in positive territory. The Street did a U-turn in a span of six-and-a-half hours (NYSE trades between 0930 to 1600) ...

Freaked out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... Freak, Chic) Had it not been for the already jittery mood in the financial markets, Wall Street would have ignored last night's not so good economic news. The S&P 500 index recorded its biggest drop in more than a year -- down 3.9 per cent from the previous ...

Budget underwhelms planning groups

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... Federal Budget's announcements will heavily impact client strategies. The Rudd Government's Federal Budget announced last night included a tax discount to 50 per cent on up to $1,000 of interest earned on deposits held in any bank, building society or ...