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PM Gillard makes wealth reforms more likely

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
The elevation of Julia Gillard to become Australia's first female Prime Minister, which increases the odds the government will be re-elected and possibly win back a few senate seats, makes it more likely that the government's financial services reform ...

Great disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
Ok, ok...there's no defending the indefensible, so I wouldn't even try. Now you know what happens when hype meets reality. The S&P 500 index plummeted by 3.44 per cent when "great expectations" on the US jobs front turned out to be a "great disappointment". ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
Is this the moment of truth? Is this the thing that'll shoo the residual bears -- that still loiter the streets of the financial markets - back into a long period of hibernation? Is this the one that could finally convince one and all that we are indeed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
The Australian dollar was lower at noon after a downgrade in the credit ratings of Greece and Portugal prompted investors to offload higher-yielding assets. At 1200 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.9191/93, down 0.62 per cent from Tuesday's ...

Kill chicken, scare monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
Ohhh, I'm so scared! This was China's snap to Krudd's comment (threat?) that, "... the world will be watching how this particular court case is conducted.'' I refer to the trial and subsequent conviction of Chinese-born Australian citizen Stern Hu (head ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
Down day, up week. This was Wall Street's performance lat Friday and over the pass five trading days. And since the Australian equity market "almost" always marches to the beat of Wall Street's drum, market observers/forecasters guessing that it would ...

452 Capital retains 'three stars' rating

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
Standard & Poor's has backed the 452 Capital investment team to deliver solid returns despite the fund manager's co-founder and lead portfolio manager, Peter Morgan, being forced to take extended leave for medical reasons. The ratings firm placed two ...

Data data everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
Mondayitis. This and the flood of first-tier economic data set to be released later in the week will keep the Australian financial markets well, a bit out of sorts today. Friday night's performance on Wall Street was not telling enough to sway Australian ...

Miranda Kerr and the market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
Ouch! On days like these, an enticing photo of Miranda Kerr would go a long way in easing the pain. Someone please email me one! Now I understand why people around the world - and I would guess that they mainly belong in this industry - are crying out ...

CFS halts mortgage fund redemptions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
Colonial First State (CFS) has told investors in the $850 million Mortgage Income fund the window to access redemptions has closed after it found a small number of mortgages within the portfolio could become bad debts. A CFS spokesperson said the firm ...