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Wall Street up till it was down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... Street edges higher, Dow and S&P records a hurdle" (Reuters) "Dow nears record high on latest data" (Australian Financial Review) That's ok. The second estimate of US fourth quarter real GDP showed the economy expanded at annualised rate of 0.1%, measly ...

AustralianSuper threatens to sue the Future Fund

STAFF REPORTER  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... AustralianSuper has threatened to sue the Future Fund over its purchase of a stake in Perth airport, the Australian Financial Review has reported. This morning the Australian Financial Review reported that it had obtained a letter, sent on Monday on ...

Just another ordinary day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... shares fall for 3rd day, Carlsberg leads market lower" (Reuters) "Metals dip, European shares mixed" (Australian Financial Review) "European Stocks Drop" (Wall Street Journal) These headlines sum up the goings-on in the financial markets over the past ...

Stop using super as political pawn: Narev

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... absolutely critical that we have a long-term position and certainty in superannuation," he told the Australian Financial Review. Narev also called on whichever party wins the election to follow through with existing plans to raise compulsory superannuation ...

All Ords at 5000 overvalued but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... waiters (in fear for their jobs) earning A$10 dollars an hour... or less. And that's precisely it. The Australian Financial Review explains: "A wave of cost-cutting, including widespread job losses, are driving a recovery in margins for many companies ...

Big deal day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... This calls for another...yawn -- a big one. For like before, this will be much ado about nothing. The Australian Financial Review penned it eloquently, "...Barack Obama's past State of the Union addresses are littered with unfulfilled ambitions..." Let's ...

Any reason will do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... old, same old. So you could imagine my surprise when I woke up this morning to be greeted by 'The Australian Financial Review's' headline, "Euro, US stocks slide as risks renew". Slide? What's the problem now, I thought. Are the days of wine and roses ...

Gone in 60 seconds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... the Wall Street Journal, Not in the Financial Times. Not on Bloomberg. Not on Reuters. Not in the Australian Financial Review. Hmmm, must be on page 8? It was over in 60 seconds! The palpitations over Europe, that is. And there should be a lot of smiling ...

It's just plain dumb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... fear Mr. Fraser, looks like the Federal government has just found an escape route. According to the Australian Financial Review (AFR), "The Gillard government is preparing to dump its commitment to a budget surplus if economic growth slips below its ...

Uncertainly certain RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... appropriate in the period ahead." That other 8% may be listening to the "Shadow RBA". According to the Australian Financial Review, "The Australian National University's so-called "shadow" Reserve Bank board urged the central bank to keep rates unchanged ...