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Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
"Stocks end lower after Fed decision." This was the title of a video from 'The Wall Street Journal' that encapsulates all the other headlines that answer the 'why' for the weak performance of those scripts on The Street last night. But what did the ...

Good US housing news is real good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
"Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good in the world." -- Abraham Lincoln Yes Virginia, property is good and an improving property market is good for the economy. Now do you still wonder why Ben Bernanke is doing ...

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
So what did you think? Was it good or bad? Good enough to keep the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) finger off the trigger for another month or something ominous that it would have no option but the fire? Was the "6202.0 - Labour Force, Australia ...

Trading mistake forces Indian exchange crash

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
A $US125 million trading mistake last week caused India's National Stock Exchange to briefly crash, triggering a trading halt and a 15.5% fall on the main index. Mistakes made by a local brokerage in placing orders, saw the exchange's Nifty index fall ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
It's been a month -- or thereabouts -- since the European Central Bank -- followed by the US Federal Reserve followed by the Bank of Japan -- gave financial markets what they wished, prayed and hoped for and fired the first salvo of quantitative easing. ...

Data deluge delivers no clearer visibility

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
'Twas raining data updates over the past 24 hours. Eco stats and surveys flooded cyberspace unrelentingly, one after the other, and yet near-term visibility remains almost... invisible. Take your pick Virginia. There are numbers to back up the "we're ...

SMSF industry hits back on 'rort' claims

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
Specialist SMSF group Dixon Advisory has rejected claims that self-managed super funds should be subject to new tax treatment, arguing that recent papers ignore tax concessions available to all superannuation members. Nerida Cole, managing director ...

Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
The stars appear to be aligning for those calling on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to give official interest rates another chop when they meet to deliberate on monetary policy next week. Let's start with the minutes of the 4 September meeting. ...

Unlicensed director jailed

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
A Queensland woman who ran an unlicensed investment company, and purchased a house with the proceeds is now behind bars. Tania Michele Oakley of Noosa, appeared for sentencing in Maroochydore District Court on 3 September 2012 after pleading guilty ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
The Australian share market has opened more than half a per cent higher as investors find value in beaten-down stocks. At 1009 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 27.9 points, or 0.65 per cent, at 4,306.7, while the broader All Ordinaries ...