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Yes, no, I don't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
It's now or never. Last chance to place your bets - check, raise or fold - before Big Ben Bernanke shows his hands. Gauging from Wall Street's back-to-back gains over the first two trading days of this week, it appears that the money is on Big Ben revealing ...

Industry "disappointed" at PJC recommendation

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
The financial services industry has expressed disappointment over the report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC), which yesterday recommended the Parliament not to amend the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) bill. The PJC on Corporations and Financial ...

Ben's all that matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... exaggerated reaction from financial markets - especially on the downside -- as this could turn the current virtuous cycle (yes it still is) into vicious. If this happens, it would negate all the Fed's efforts at preparing you and I and Irene for the ...

FIRST Super questions fairness of Coalition's super board quota policy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... far as I'm aware, for publicly listed companies there's not a requirement that there be 'x' number of independent directors. Yes, there's a need for independent directors, but there's not necessarily a quota," Watson said. This week the Shadow Minister ...

Industry bodies ask PJC for TASA extension

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
Industry bodies have asked the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) for a 12 month extension to allow enough time for the industry to comply with the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009 bill. The PJC held its first meeting yesterday in Sydney and major ...

ASX to introduce VIX futures contract

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
The Australian Securities Exchange is planning to launch a VIX futures contract, with a launch date earmarked for later this year - possibly as early as July. The ASX will provide a media teach-in to coincide with the launch. Known widely as the 'fear ...

The coming 2013 crash according to Paul B. Farrell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... says it all: "Doomsday poll: 87% risk of stock crash by year-end Commentary: 10 predictions point to worse plunge than 2008" Yes Virginia, there's an 87% chance of a market meltdown by the end of 2013 according to Farrell "because in the real world of ...

Buffett helps SMSF investors to big returns

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... part of the investment universe that's available to investors who are interested and capable of learning? Absolutely I do, yes." The first of six BRK Series investments matured on 6 May. The other five in the series mature between July 2013 and May 2014. ...

Next government to reconsider super taxes: Grattan Inst

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
Bringing the commonwealth budget into structural surplus will require the next government to be very different to the Rudd-Gillard and Howard governments, and this will inevitably force a review of superannuation taxes, argued the Grattan Institute ...

It'll be on 18 September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... sustained, then in the next few meetings we could look to do that." For the life of me, I still couldn't understand why Ben's "yes, if..." retort had evolved into a "yes, definitely..." statement. But I digress. Labor Day in America is celebrated on ...