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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... houses) have had a hand. And did you catch a glimpse of the 22,100 drop in April employment, where 49,100 jobs vanished? Not a nice sight, isn't it? Even more ugly was the sight of the RBA - in its May Board meeting minutes - telling us, Australians ...

Intersuisse adds senior roles to institutional desk

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
Stockbroker Intersuisse has appointed former Macquarie bank and Stonebridge institutional dealers in associate directors roles to lead its own institutional dealing desk. Former Macquarie Bank dealer Will Cleland has moved into one of the associate ...

Much ado over a known known

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
Is this the start of something big... or another dip buying op? Wall Street retreated big time last night. The S&P 500, the Dow and the Nasdaq all closed 1.1 per cent leaner. Is it perhaps investors want to gain a head start on that good 'ol adage ...

Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... myself in times of trouble... Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. Whisper words of wisdom, let it be." - The Beatles Nice song, sound advice but not, it seems, if the French can help it. The International Monetary and Financial Committee, the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
The Australian market has received positive leads from offshore trading overnight. Key securities markets were higher, oil reached a new record, and metals also rose. At 0714 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was four points ...

No-bull bull market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... Chumbawamba Well, well, what do you know Deuce Bigalow? The biggest drop in the equity markets so far this year now looks like one nice dip buying opportunity... in hindsight. Disasters, calamities and devastations - both man-made and conjured by Mother ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... from the US and strong reporting results were driving the Australian market. "We're up ten to 12 points this morning - a nice lead from some good earnings out of the states last night," he said. "These are first signs of the economy over there getting ...

Catching its second wind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... implication was that if the trend continues, they'll soon be offering stiff competition with stocks for investors' money. Nice story, isn't it? Until you look closer and see that the 10-year US Treasury yield of 3.69 per cent and 30-years at 4.76 per ...

When everything went wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
Pick your poison. There's a "Murphy's Law" event for every bear to choose from to shatter all hopes, prayers and wishes. Thanksgiving? No, thanks! As Mr. Murphy famously said, "If something can go wrong, it will!" It sure the heck did over the past ...