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Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
Trouble on the Nile? What trouble? Oh yes, all eyes are still glued to the evolving story about the political unrest. But after Friday night's knee jerk reaction on Wall Street, the temporary fear over the unfolding Egyptian saga proved just that... ...

Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... the lowest level since two September's ago. This is a positive for the US labour market. It might still be too slow for Big O's and Big Ben's taste, but job creation is heading in the right direction. These three are just the latest snippets of the slowly ...

Thanks but no thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... The Republican's creaming of the Democrats at the just concluded mid-term elections has heightened the prospect that the Big O would have no choice but to extend his predecessor's tax cuts - reportedly by another two years. And that spells D-E-F-I-C-I-T. ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... A-OK! So that's that. The G-19 and other smaller economies may not like it but it's problem solved for America. Just trust Big O when he proclaimed that what is good for the good ol' US of A is good for the world. Last night's market activity showed ...

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
It's a wrap! It's official! September 2010 is the man! Wall Street may have been down for the day but it produced the best September gain even before many of us were born. The S&P 500 index soared by 8.8 per cent in the month, the Dow jumped by 7.7 ...

Asia-Pac HNWI market approaches US$10 tn: report

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
The combined wealth of Asia-Pacific's high net worth individuals (HNWI) surged almost 31 per cent in 2009 to US$9.7 trillion, erasing the losses recorded in 2008 and placing the Asian market above Europe for the first time on record, a new survey has ...

New-found optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." Maya Angelou Asia is up, Europe is up, Wall Street is up... for three days straight. But what has changed? Nothing really except for investors and speculators getting ...

Asgard spends big on platform upgrades

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
BT Financial Group-owned Asgard has spent more money on its investment platforms in the past 18 months than ever as part of a strategy that will see its Master Trust, Elements and eWrap platforms move under the one administration platform. Wayne Wilson ...

Don't know where to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
Directionless...is the word that could be applied to equity markets as we head for the end of this week's trading. Global equities were of course taking their cue from the global trend-setter that is Wall Street. As at last night - after four days of ...

Room for Russia in BRIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
Many investors are convinced of the growth story behind Brazil, India and China - but does anyone know what's happening in Russia? In Sydney this week, Mark Edwards, vice president of global fund manager T. Rowe Price, said he disagrees with the view ...