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Excuses, excuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... didn't we say that the markets what they want to see and hear what they want to hear... and if they don't, they make excuses. Yes Virginia, excuses, excuses. It's the weather. Of course, there would have been a lot more Americans working had the deep ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
Australian stocks have opened higher following strong gains on international markets overnight. The local market is around half a per cent higher at 1030 AEDT, following a more than one per cent rise across Wall Street's major indices. Commsec market ...

Subjected to interpretation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... 331K in the week ended last week. Markets expected a fall to 335K from 351K the week before last week or a decline of 16K Yes, yes, yo, Virginia, that 4,000 head difference made all the difference to last night's sentiment. Not to mention, it's one week's ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker are all sitting tight is because it's coming... very soon... this Friday. Yes Virginia, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is set to release the mother of all eco stats - the US Private Non-farm Payrolls ...

Mmm bargains, hmm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... hunters pounce. I could stop right here, thank you very much but, alas, I have a number of words quota to fill so here we go. Yes Virginia, Wall Street clawed back some of the previous day's losses - the S&P 500 up 0.8%; the Dow up 0.5% and the Nasdaq ...

I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
From this day forth, we'll all be trying to get inside that lady's head. Janet Yellen has just been sworn in as the new chief of that mightiest central bank in the world - the US Federal Reserve - but given the backdrop to her swearing in, Janet must ...

Super subsidies cost $32bn: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
As the government prepares for a review of unsustainable welfare payments, Treasury has released its 2013-14 Tax Expenditures Statement (TES) that confirms the cost of superannuation tax subsidies is $32 billion. The TES is produced each year and is ...

Sinodinos defends "speedy" FoFA legislation

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
The Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has denied claims that the government's plan to implement the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform measures through regulations, rather than via legislation, is a way to avoid opposition scrutiny. Speaking ...

FoFA reforms put professional standards at risk: Ripoll

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
The federal opposition has concerns that the proposed changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regime as outlined by the government yesterday may result in reduced consumer protection and a decline in professional standards. Speaking to Financial ...

Roast Turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... pegged to the US dollar).A For instance, Malaysian overnight rates jumped from 7.5% to 40.4% between July 9 and July 10 - yes, in a single day -- forcing the central bank to abandon the peg and floated the ringgit which immediately sank from 2.50 per ...