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Untargeted tax subsidies inept

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... climb to $45 billion and become the government's single biggest expenditure item. Ironically, the amount will be large enough to match the cost of all income support for age pensioners and other seniors, resulting in the combined $90 billion spent on ...

The rally that no one's enjoyed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... prayer and the wish that the Fed and the ECB and the PBOC and the BOJ and the BOE and the RBA et. al. would hand us a big enough umbrella for protection. "I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky." - R. Kelly Was there anything that materially ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... advancing 0.77 per cent, or 69.74 points, to 9,162.20 as the yen eased further against the dollar with dealers confident enough to move out of the safe-haven Japanese unit. Sydney climbed 0.92 per cent, or 39.9 points, to 4,370.1 but Seoul eased 0.58 ...

Bad news sells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... growth in wages and salaries excluding bonuses accelerated to 3.7% from 3.5% in the March quarter. The data look benign enough -- they're neither here nor there... but wait till you read the headlines: Australians' Confidence Wanes, Wages Gain in Conundrum ...

CSSA calls on Treasury for MySuper clarity

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... is that it intends to make an announcement and for those of us who work with corporate super funds, it's simply not good enough." He said that the industry needs to know now what the ground rules are so that it can make the changes needed to get on with ...

Doing our bit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... has gotta be one of the boring-est weeks of 2012. But with most equity markets ending on the plus side, boring is good enough for me. Reports that the US economy created 163,000 jobs in July - better than the 100K expected - sent financial markets off ...

Polarisation of super dubbed "shocking" by UK manager

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... recognition that a lot of people never look - that's a very classic division between those who are fascinated and prosperous enough to do it themselves and those for whom it's just something you have to do and not very interesting. "But I can't imagine ...

Generations split on what causes sleepless nights

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... bank is the biggest factor keeping them awake at night. The two biggest financial nightmares for Gen Ys were not having enough money to support their family (40%) and not having enough money to buy the things they want (15%). However, the biggest financial ...

Double A USA - the scare that wasn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... financial commitments has gone down from "extremely strong" to "very strong"." A year hence... Investors could not have enough of US Treasuries - 10-year yields have dropped to 1.57% from 2.56%. The US dollar has appreciated by 6.8% against its major ...

Maybe next month

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... run visibility of the direction of the US economy. Employment was better than the 100K expected. Yippee! But this is not enough to shift growth into higher gear and reduce unemployment - the jobless rate rose to 8.3% in July from 8.2% in the previous ...