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Downgrade me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
I don't know about you but it seems to me that everybody and his dog are now tuning in into the "Fiscal Deficit & Sovereign Debt Watch" show. Of course, there's nothing closer to our Australian hearts than the Gillard and Swan tandem disaster levy just ...

Haste makes waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
I'm sure I've seen this movie before. Most of you have too. It was shown on monitors near you at about this time last year. Yes, my dear Virginia, the film, "The Fed and other developed country central banks will start withdrawing policy - possibly ...

Growth spoiler

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
Be careful what you wish for. After many, many years of drought, Australia got what it wished for - the green lawn inducing, agriculture produce growing rain. Suddenly the rural sector was looking good. Harvest would be a-plenty. Not only would Australians ...

Santa's in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
"Here comes Santa Claus, Here comes Santa Claus, Right down Santa Claus Lane..." The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) played Santa to Australians all by announcing no increase in interest rates yesterday. It may have to lift the official cash rate from ...

Rise of Asia bonds: Temasek

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
Asia's appeal as multi-trillion dollar bond hub is set to accelerate as the region primes itself to become a key alternative funding source for investors, said the chief financial officer of the $147 billion Temasek Holdings. Leong Wai Leng, chief financial ...

Confidence will return to Ireland: Govt

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
The Irish Government's four-year financial recovery plan is designed to restore confidence and create more jobs, according to the minister for enterprise, trade and innovation, Batt O'Keeffe. The plan underpins the work of the job creation and research ...

When everything went wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
Pick your poison. There's a "Murphy's Law" event for every bear to choose from to shatter all hopes, prayers and wishes. Thanksgiving? No, thanks! As Mr. Murphy famously said, "If something can go wrong, it will!" It sure the heck did over the past ...

Chireland hurdled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
What's seemingly wrong at the beginning of last week became whole again - maybe - by the close. Fears that China would impose measures to extract excess liquidity to bring down inflation came to pass - fears passed, Beijing passed tightening measures. ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Decisions, decisions. Wall Street closed higher overnight but why do I get a feeling that there's little conviction behind the move? You'll feel the same way too baby if like many investors these days you're looking at the market's performance since ...

Lower tax rate opens local property to foreign investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
CB Richard Ellis (CBRE ) and Echo Capital are targeting foreign investors with new property products in Australia after the May budget revised the national withholding tax rate to a more favourable 7.5 per cent. The new strategic alliance, MITSA (Managed ...