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Underinsurance to hit crisis point

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
One in five working Australian families will suffer the death of a parent or a serious health problem over the course of both parent's working lives, according to new research - but how that impacts their finances can depend on their insurance cover. ...

La de da de da

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... da." (Cher) The beat of mixed data that is, but Wall Street is seeing the silver lining in the dark clouds this time. First stop and the most important for the US economy - the consumer. Their personal income rose by only 0.1 per cent in January, less ...

Penny for Benny's thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... announced last week that the Term Auction Facility would end on 8 March. The US central bank also stated previously that it would stop buying mortgage backed securities and agencies after 31 March. What does Benny think? Are these still going as planned? ...

Love thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... cent in the third. Double-dip here we come? Saving Greece alone is not such a big problem. But where would European nations stop? Ireland? Portugal? Spain? UK? And oh speaking of the UK, one well-known Australian politician is moving there for good because ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... unemployment rate would reach 7 per cent to 10 per cent in the near future. But my butt. If the media and financial presses don't stop with these negative spins, we are certainly headed there. Perhaps only then will these negative presentations of the ...

ASIC blocks Tankstream

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
ASIC has issued final stop orders on unsolicited offers made by Tankstream Funds Management to investors in 16 unlisted Centro MCS property syndicates. The orders follow Tankstream making a series of unsolicited offers for up to 50 per cent of the interests ...

Trichet to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
"Efxaristo para poli!" That's Greek for thank you very much. What in the world could possibly make European Central Bank President (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet abandoned the summer sunshine in Sydney - and the company of the 23 other central representatives ...

Greece is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... highly indebted countries. This is where the classic phrase, "caught between a rock and hard place" distinctly applies. Rock. Stop government spending support and the economy risks going into retreat. Weak economy equal less tax revenue equals more welfare ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... Stocks have buckled under the growing belief that the global economy is weaker than many investors expected and is likely to stop the US labour market from rebounding in the coming months. A flood of bad news, including rising debt levels in European ...

Gold's dimming lustre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... deflating. Especially considering that the renewed uncertainty in the global economy and financial markets have not been able to stop gold's deceleration thus far. Gold appears to be confirming the slow growth - therefore benign inflation - story. But ...