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Asian funds invest more in Taiwan

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... Ying-jeou as president in 2008, tensions between China and Taiwan have eased, which should lead to a drop in the defence budget and an increase in consumer spending driven, in part, by a rise in tourism. "Taiwan is very cheap so we see it as good value. ...

Roubini defects

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
"If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!" At least this is way better than the "if you can't stop 'em, beat and shoot 'em" tactic employed by the governments of Bahrain and Libya on their protesting people. Wall Street activity overnight was just like a repeat ...

Trouble not terribly troubling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
Dip buyers are coming out on top in the current financial market stakes. Perhaps they're even secretly hoping for a repeat of that 1.8 per cent one-day drop in the S&P 500 index late last month - back when Egyptians first tried to prise Pharaoh Mubarak's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... range throughout the day as investors weighed the impact of President Barack Obama's $US3.73 trillion ($A3.73 trillion) budget proposal for the next fiscal year. Obama's budget includes a five-year freeze on many domestic spending programs. The White ...

Inflated inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... emerging economies and at the same time drive commodity prices higher. And given Big Ben's testimony before the US House Budget Committee last night, the money tap will continue to flow. There's really nothing new in his testimony, just a rehash of his ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... index dropped 7.98 points (0.29 per cent) at 2,789.07. Fed chief Bernanke, in his testimony to the House of Representatives budget committee, said that the economic recovery appeared to have strengthened in the past few months but the unemployment rate ...

Super baby bonus validity questioned

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... Unions (ACTU) called for "super baby bonus" payment for working women's superannuation funds. The ACTU said in its federal budget submission the means tested bonus should be around $1500, to boost retirement incomes While the policy behind the current ...

Downgrade me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... show. Of course, there's nothing closer to our Australian hearts than the Gillard and Swan tandem disaster levy just so the Budget balance turns positive in two years time (as promised) and their government don't fall foul of big international agencies ...

Levy disaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011

Haste makes waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... were all convinced until we saw most European nations slashed government spending and raise taxes to right their wrong budget deficits. Now we're replaying the same calls. Now, whether the major central banks do or don't, these financial market Nostradamuses ...