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30 days hath September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
I don't know whether to laugh or cry watching what just transpired on the first trading day of September. What transpired was equity markets jumped on the first trading day of September - European stocks soared closer to 2%, those in Tokyo by 1.4% and ...

Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... downgrade of US debt).A To be fair this was compounded by the 'worries du jour' - the European debt crisis. This gives me a nice seque into Europe.A There's again brewing trouble in that part of the world courtesy of convicted tax fraudster and bunga ...

Super industry leaders weigh up Rudd's new cabinet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... Garcia, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), was less enthusiastic. "It would be nice to have a minister dedicated to superannuation," he said. But he also said David Bradbury was "very clever" and "quite pragmatic" ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... European Central Bank (ECB) rate cut announcement. Doubts are slowly emerging whether or not this would happen, but it's still nice to dream. A number of nasties hit across the Atlantic though. The US ISM manufacturing index - what I consider the most ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... improved prices for commodities. "It's all about commodities today," IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said. "We've seen a nice little jump in the materials names: BHP, Rio, Newcrest." Mr Shamu said resources stocks had bounced after looking like ...

A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... for its iPhone and iPad - reported less than expected revenue. It's dependent on Apple for its revenue you know. Yahoo too (nice ring to it 'eh?) disappointed revenue expectations. Thursday: S&P 500 down 0.7%. Excuses easy to find this time - index of ...

The happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... early earnings continue to climb and the average workweek also increased - a positive indicator for further job gains ahead. Nice! It's so nice that PIMCO's co-chief investment officer, Bill Gross, now believes the economy is "moving towards a 3 percent ...

Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... projected 12-month profits and average earnings over the last 10 years is set to widen the most since 1951, the data show." Nice! How did the S&P 500 end up in 2011? Flatter than a pancake - or more accurately, down 0.003%. That's why I used the historical ...

Can't help falling in love with stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... the United States spills over to its trading partners as Americans spend on imported goods. The world is made whole again. Nice happy thoughts, aren't they? But there's also a not so cheery outlook. Though Europe seems at peace at the moment, it remains ...

Local appetite for hedge funds outstrips other markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... the Australian institutional investor's "straight-talking approach" and "broad field of vision" which made these shores a "nice place to develop a client base." Scoby was in Australia last week meeting with superannuation funds in a bid to raise assets ...