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Can't swing it both ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... and throw a tantrum if our demands are not instantly gratified. The risk here is that impatience - either to restore the budget to balance or to see the economy recover more quickly by cutting more trees to mint money - could push policymakers into adopting ...

Of bulls, bears and flatliners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
Quo Vadis Wall Street? A sell-off in the first quarter that rebounded towards the end. A strong rally in the second quarter that fizzled towards the end. Where is Wall Street going in the next three months? The next year? Your guess is as good as mine. ...

Scheuber appointed QSuper chairman

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... February 1996. Ivessa has experience working within various government departments specialising in policy development, budget management, performance and risk assessments, and major infrastructure development. Barnes has over 25 years service with the ...

OECD vindicates govt super reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
The OECD has vindicated the government's Budget strategy for reforming retirement income policy when it revealed that Australia has the fourth highest poverty rate among the OECD countries for seniors and retirees. The finding lands a fatal blow to ...

Refreshing pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... are now shades of the Great Depression mistakes emerging such as protectionism and calls to cap/reverse growing national budget deficits. There will be no future if the present isn't fixed. And JM Keynes words will again ring true, ' in the long run ...

REST members get $74m boost

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... before the co-contribution drops from 150 per cent to 100 per cent on 1 July 2009 as was announced in the recent Federal Budget. "The current economic conditions have reinforced how important it is for members to continue to invest regularly in their ...

No protection in protectionism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
Those who kept the faith shall reap a bountiful harvest. Increased volatility and weaker equity market performance of the past three days have tested the conviction of some investors. Wall Street ended three consecutive days of losses overnight following ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after significant falls on Wall Street and in Europe as profit-taking hit commodity-based stocks. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 58 points lower ...

Threat of Lehmannisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... what gives? Well if you've been paying attention to current events, markets are now being sorted according to national budget balances - savers and big, big spenders...US and UK raise your hands. Lehmannisation of the US. Bloomberg reported that big ...

Spin-a-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... (after three or four years?). Why this time span? Because it is when US President Obama promised, "Yes, we can!" cut the budget deficit in half, that is. If he makes good on his promise income taxes - personal and business -- will rise, taxes on goods ...