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Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
Have dip... will buy. That's last week's story on Wall Street - the big dip on Thursday followed by a rebound the next day - and only because I got tired (as you too probably have) of hearing of what's developing to be Wall Street's 2014 anthem - Chumbawamba's ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Yesterday we found out that financial markets' worry about the Fed was too much ado about "considerable time". Any moment now, we'll get to know how the land of "Braveheart" and scotch on the rocks - Scotland - voted with regards to their divorce with ...

"Pleasant" but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
...and a but, but here, and a but, but there, everywhere a but, but. Looks like I'm not the only one who likes my buts around here. There were 'buts' a-plenty after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released this "lucky country's' economic scorecard ...

No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
The nine distinguished men and women that comprise the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets today to deliberate on monetary policy settings apropos (wooh-hoo, big word) for Australia given current domestic and international dynamics. Pardon ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped for a flat start ahead of a major week of data that will indicate how the economy is travelling. The September share price index futures contract is down two points at 5,613. Locally on Monday, the Australian Bureau ...

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
Is that bad news on your pocket... or you're just happy to see me? Yes Virginia, equity markets are rejoicing as the roll of bad news continued overnight. US initial unemployment claims increased by more than expected to 311K in the week ended 9 August ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to follow Wall Street and European markets higher after a slew of disappointing economic reports. At 0803 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up 23 points at 5,517. Data showed that US ...

Only the dead have seen the end of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
Curses! I warned him did I not? I warned NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen to shush when he "warned of a "high probability" that Russia, using the guise of a humanitarian mission, could intervene militarily in Ukraine". Now everybody's onto it - even ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open sharply lower following strong falls on US and European markets. At 0812 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down 53 points at 5,517. International markets plummeted on a range ...

'As expected' changing expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... an upside surprise. The first estimate of US real GDP showed growth jumping to an annualised rate of 4.0% in the June quarter - stronger than consensus expectations for a 3.1% lift - from an upwardly revised 2.1% (from 2.9%) contraction in the March ...