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Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
I hate to tell you I told you so but...I told you so. Yes Virginia, I hate to tell you I told you so but...I told you so. Yes Virginia, the Fed's monetary magic continues to work its magic on the equity markets. Wall Street's running up and setting ...

Spain here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
Australians all, let's be afraid... be very afraid. We are heading down Spain's path to ruin. This is the recent spook being peddled by Standard & Poor's - you know the one, the credit-rater who gave what later turned out to be rubbish CDO's and other ...

Wealth Enhancers appoints risk insurance adviser

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
Former Zurich high flyer, Belinda Sirio joins fast-growing boutique firm Wealth Enhancers as their first dedicated risk insurance adviser. Building on the specialist model the firm has embraced from day one, CEO Finn Kelly said: "Belinda is an excellent ...

Barclays announces new CEO amid new investigation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... look forward to getting started immediately." The appointment follows Barclays' announcement that ex-Morgan Stanley veteran Sir David Walker would become its new chairman, succeeding Marcus Agius who also quit over the Libor manipulation affair. Barclays ...

It's still the hole, stups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012

No Ben boosta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
Ben passes, over to you Mario. While reports of Wall Street's disappointment over the Fed's inaction last night filled cyberspace, somehow I don't think The Street was really that displeased. The S&P 500 index closed down by only 0.3% as we awoke - ...

Can this latest kick of the can can?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... bank commander that'll allow his name to be forever etched in the annals of history as the name that bombed the euro? Yes sir, his name will be mudder than mud! Yet cyberspace remains filled with doubts over this latest European "breakthrough". We've ...

PIG now officially PIGS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
Happy Birthday your majesty... and thank you! Thank you for the three-day weekend which allowed us one-extra day of sleep in. Thank you for the extra day of rest that also meant another day of boozing. But most of all, thank you for leading us not into ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
My, my, hey, hey, rock n' roll is here to stay - or in our case Europe's sovereign debt, fiscal deficit, financial, banking, economic, political and social crisis. You name the crisis. One or more members of the Eurozone's got one, or more, or all of ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... because? Au contraire mon amie, it wasn't bad enough to get the Fed to start cranking its green stuff printing machine. No sir, not when many other indicators are pointing to strengthening momentum in the economy. The world is turning upside down again ...