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Central banks rule

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
"When the night has come And the land is dark And the moon is the only light we'll see No I won't be afraid Oh, I won't be afraid Just as long as you stand, stand by me." - Ben E. King How serendipitous is it, 'ey? It's Ben all around. This little Ben ...

Syria on ice and other things nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... economy continued to grow below trend in the second quarter when the Australian National Accounts are released - experts guess GDP growth of 0.6% on the quarter and 2.5% year-on-year.A That's still below trend growth of 3.0%. The disappointing retail ...

Prepare for take-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... given a medal of fortune...a handsome 27.2% gain by the end of 1991. Iraq War Part II:A "Operation Iraqi Freedom" (2003) Guess, I don't have to remind you Virginia.A You very well know how they run sequels.A Same characters, same plot, same ending. War ...

FOMC - Fed Outs Market Confusion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013

Biggest weekly drop since and other scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013

Let the baby kissing pictures begin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013

SSgA launches hedged international equities ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched an international equities exchange traded fund (ETF) for Australian investors. The SPDR S&P World ex-Australia (Hedged) Fund will be hedged back into Australian dollars and begins trading on 9 July. Since ...

The Big Benny sings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... didn't actually say stupid but I think he was thinking that)...not the Fed, which is, at this point, just putting its best guess scenario out there -- a rosier scenario that could be scuttled by the financial markets' unintended reaction and negative ...

It'll be on 18 September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
"Every single day Every word you say... I'll be watching you." -Sting Wall Street down and...you guessed it, it's taper on day. And so, round and round we go, when it ends we do not know. But perhaps we do. There's now an emerging consensus that the ...