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Is it safe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... financial markets some breathing room to sober up and intelligently ponder what Ben Bernanke actually told you...I...and Irene. Wall Street finished in the black on the last trading day of last week's volatile trading activity. The S&P 500 index closed ...

Ben's all that matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... 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 reduction in stimulus that's about to come. A sharp and persistent sell-off that destroys confidence and unwind all ...

ANZ launches SMSF investment solution

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... investors are more interested on generating yield rather than capital growth, ANZ Equities and Wealth head of Sales in Australia Irene Deutsch said. The product is appealing for SMSFs because "it is the kind of sophisticated offer that they demand," ...

RBA decisions decisions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... on, taper off, taper... After so many days of riding this see and saw and saw and see of market speculation, you, I and Irene (and yes, you too Stuart) have become experts at discerning the why's and wherefores for the ups and downs on Wall Street. Wall ...

More flip flopping ahead for Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... to keep Uncle Ben pumping those fresh mints? It's a no brainer when the question is put this way, is it not? You, I and Irene know exactly what we'd rather have. But gauging from the last two days of last week's trading action on Wall Street it appears ...

Breaking the bad in the eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... highest level in five years and has appreciated by 10.8% so far this year. But wasn't it only three months ago when you, I and Irene worried over the potential for reform - political and structural - paralysis in Italy resulting from its inconclusive ...

Financial markets give the budget a big yawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... what you like but at the end of the day, it's built on forecasts - also known as guesses - about the future. You, I and Irene already know what happened to Treasurer Wayne Swan's guessed and "promised" A$1.5 billion underlying cash balance (0.1% of GDP) ...

Money, money, money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013

Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... Europe and right on cue...we got a sprinkling of nasty data sets that sent Wall Street down last night, reminding you, I and Irene that this maybe another May to sell and go away. Not that we did any better. Australia's May first performance didn't do ...