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Crowding in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
As a student of economics, I've heard about John Maynard Keynes' 'Paradox of Thrift', David Ricardo's 'Ricardian Equivalence Theory', A Alan Greenspan's 'Interest Rate Conundrum' (which appears to be making a return performance in the US) and of course ...

Industry furious at financial advice swap

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The financial services industry responded with ire after the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) laws were demolished in the Senate overnight. Labor, the Greens and four crossbenchers, including Palmer United Party's Jacqui Lambie, argued the Coalition's ...

SMSF collapses imminent in hunt for yield

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
A chase for yield, combined with investor empowerment and lack of education could be the perfect storm for a large scale self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) collapse, according to Aberdeen Asset Management (Aberdeen). Speaking at a media briefing ...

Heads up to where Wall Street's heading

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
It didn't happen overnight, but it is happening. The S&P 500 index flirted above its 2,000-point milestone -2001.95 points to be exact in intra-day trade - before closing at 1997.92 points. There's always tomorrow. With just another 2.1 points (0.1%) ...

Buffett discloses new Verizon investment

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Warren Buffett's company has disclosed a new investment of 11 million shares in Verizon Communications, and an increase in its stakes in Wal-Mart and IBM. Berkshire Hathaway on Thursday revealed the changes to its $US106 billion ($A114.69 billion) portfolio ...

When saving goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
"As this prudent economy, which some people call Saving, is in private families the most certain method to increase an estate, so some imagine that, whether a country be barren or fruitful, the same method if generally pursued (which they think practicable) ...

Praemium UK director resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
Praemium United Kingdom managing director John Martin has resigned, effective January 31, 2014. Martin has left the company after six years to "pursue new challenges," according to a Praemium announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). ...

Rational exuberance?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
Some years back I used to have discussions with several of my gentle readers (you know who you are, gentle folks) about whether or not QE would work, is working, or not. The passage of time since the Fed minted its first QE dollar had proven that it ...

Spend, spend, spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
I'm highly certain that you didn't, but just in case you missed it, the All Ordinaries index has now reached its highest level since June 2008. The All Ords closed at 5,321 points yesterday, taking its overall gain this year to date up to 14.7% (18.6% ...

It doesn't compute

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
You kiddin' me? Are...you...kidding...me? The financial press (or is it presses?) are full of it this morning. Wall Street's down overnight because of bad eco stats and surveys and not good expectations on QE. My, my...how many times have we heard it ...