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Ben's turn to be super

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
This is it folks. This week's the week when we find out whether or not dear Uncle Ben would be donning a cape and wearing his underwear outside his pants and do a Super Mario. Most financial marketeers were convinced he talked about it last month at ...

Variant Perceptions' variant perception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
ariant Perceptions' variant perception QE is dead, long live QE! It's the eve of that much-awaited, much-speculated Big Ben QE speak but last night's bigger-than-what-we've-seen-over-past-few-day's fall suggests that participants may have given up on ...

Show me the stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
Think somebody forgot to remind the Australian stock market that we're still in May. Sell, sell, sell in May remember? The All Ordinaries index jumped just a few points shy of a full percent yesterday despite a negative lead in the final day of trading ...

Infra transport spending to jump 123%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
Australian transport infrastructure spending is tipped to more than double to $41 billion over the next decade, but that is still only an estimated 6% of the nation's infrastructure backlog. Property specialists CBRE have just released a report detailing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... set to cut $2 billion in revenue from the 2010/11 federal budget compared to forecast five months ago. In equities news, Cape Lambert Iron Ore Ltd and Sundance Resources Ltd are expected to post full year results. In Australia, the market on Thursday ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
The Australian dollar has hit a fresh post-float high, following healthy local terms of trade figures released during Wednesday morning. At 1150 (AEST) on Wednesday, the local unit reached 105.85 US cents, its highest level since it was floated in December ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
The Australian dollar was higher on Friday morning, on the back of encouraging Australian investment data and a higher oil price. At 0700 AEDT on Friday, the local unit was trading at 100.97 US cents, up from 100.60 cents on Thursday. Since 1700 AEDT ...

Year of the Rabbit, year of acquisitions: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
Seven out of 10 investment analysts are bullish about the prospects of Asian companies this year and expect many of these cashed-up businesses to grow through acquisitions and palm excess cash as higher dividends to shareholders, a survey found. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... meetings are scheduled by Brickworks Ltd, Crown Ltd, SEEK Ltd, Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd, Gloucester Coal Ltd, and Cape Lambert Resources Ltd. On Monday, the Australian share market reversed early losses to close higher as investors bought into ...

Rediscovering our Indian Ocean character

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
Australia needs to quickly rediscover its Indian Ocean character and not only consider itself a "Pacific" country, according to a leading investment strategist. In a wide ranging interview with the Financial Standard, Capetown-based Investec strategist ...