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Small thanks

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009

... Perhaps. Perhaps. Perhaps. But it's always the case that the simplest explanation is likely to be true. And this is that Americans are busily stuffing turkeys for Thanksgiving dinner - to give thanks for the bountiful harvest they have made so far this ...

Thanks for now

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009

... Thanksgiving Day begins. And the Fed would have it no other way. But first let's take a look at the hard data. Give thanks for Americans are again buying houses. US existing home sales jumped by 10.1 per cent in October and are now 23.5 per cent higher ...

Ganging up on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009

... cent in the third quarter, their profits fell by 27 per cent. But what's the US to do when it has around 12 million Americans it needs to find a job for? Last night's news provide a clue, which all comes back to China. US and Chinese regulators are reportedly ...

Battle of the bulge

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009

... have his cake and eat it too! By sending Uncle Benny out yelling "free money" to everyone in the market place, he wants Americans to use this free money to spend, spend, spend and thereby underpin hometown growth. And then he goes and sends Uncle Timmy ...

Job woes

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009

"They left me to rot!" For all intents, this could be the rallying cry for the 8.2 million Americans that are now unemployed since the start of the US recession in December 2007. I speak, of course, of 40-year old Jason Rodriguez, a former employee ...

A tale of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009

... and disposable income is certainly shot. Pessimism about the US economy is also rising. The WSJ/NBC survey of 1,009 Americans conducted in the period 22-25 October revealed that 58 per cent of respondents say that, "the economic slide still has a ways ...

Joined at the hip

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009

... whose major trading partner is now rebounding China - Canada's economy is closely tied with that of the United States. Americans buy around 80 per cent of Canada's output of goods and services while only a little more than five per cent of Australian ...

Elusive 10K

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009

... Asian and oil-producing Middle Eastern countries are supporting keeping interest rates down and low for spendthrift Americans. But as we now learned, this all ended in tears - bucketfuls of it - as the global financial crisis took its toll first on financial ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009

... cannot be sustained - they are talking of course, about the US but also apply to Europe and Japan - because the number of Americans being handed pink slips continue to grow? Surely the economy is stuff because consumers will not have the confidence to ...

Ignorance is not financial bliss: Fidelity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009

... knowledge is costing them a lot of retirement money, a new study found. Research from Fidelity Investments show that many Americans are not maximising their retirement savings simply because they don't understand the basic differences between the IRAs ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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