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Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
So what happened? Why did the previous day's Yellen yay turned into a Yellen yawn last night? Profit-taking?A Perhaps. Then again, why oh why? Why wouldn't the denizens of Wall Street lighten up their risks portfolios just a day after assured you, I ...

Think Holden, think not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... and wages and operating costs to pick from. What happens to Australia now? Now, Australia could go into recession, says Greens deputy leader Adam Bandt! Holden's pull out would "punch a $21 billion hole in the economy," according to the Australian Manufacturing ...

'Tis the season to be bubbly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013

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 ...

While America was shuttered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... government. Victor (or is it victoria?) Frau Merkel's CDU party does not have a majority and talks to coalesce with the Greens failed. That would have been fear-inducing. No longer. Latest reports say that the CDU (and its junior partner the CSU) are ...

Industry backs Cormann as Superannuation Minister

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... stability in the sector." "We look forward to working cooperatively with the new Government - as well as the Opposition, the Greens and minor parties - to build the world's best retirement superannuation system." The Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... 54 for Labor - in the lower house, the Senate remains in doubt. Prime Minister Abbott might have to do a deal with the Greens and the independents - which are looking likely to hold the balance of power in the upper house when the final votes are counted ...

Abbott's PPL scheme to hit Australia's charities

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... fact should be resisted by all of us." According to costings carried out by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) on the Greens' very similar scheme, ruling out franking credits would save the government between $1.4 and $1.6 billion. The PBO estimated ...

Abbott's PPL scheme to cost retirees $1.6 billion in hidden tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... unintentional - it is by no means insignificant. According to costings carried out by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) on the Greens' very similar scheme, ruling out franking credits would save the government between $1.4 and $1.6 billion. The PBO ...

A prince, a princess or a frog?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
Arrrgh! This is becoming so ridiculous it's no longer funny or fun. Bob Dylan must be looking at the 2013 financial markets when he wrote the song 'Blowin' in the Wind' in 1962 and asked, "How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?"...or ...