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Ganging up on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
What's it going to be? A strong dollar or a weak dollar policy? The short answer a strong dollar in words, a weak one in deed. Yesterday, I wrote about Uncle Timmy Geithner telling Asia that, "It's very important to the United States, to the economic ...

Big tax reforms on way for super: Tsr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
Treasurer Wayne Swan has foreshadowed major tax reforms to make superannuation fairer. In a major speech titled Tax Reform for Australia's Future presented at this week's Economic and Social Outlook Conference in Melbourne, the Treasurer said superannuation's ...

Too big to fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
Head fake. So which one is the head fake? The Dow climbing past 10,000 or the Dow sinking below 10K? Over the past three trading days, the Dow has been playing seesaw on the 10,000 fulcrum -- over 10K Thursday, under 10K Friday, over 10K Monday. To ...

October - an E (entry/exit) point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
September 2009 bucked the historical norm - that of being the weakest month of the year for stocks - but October started with a bang that scared the thundering herd of bulls. My oh my, just imagine the extrapolations this could engender? Equities sold ...

Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
When is a triple A rating not AAA? When the credit rating agencies say it is - in our case, Moody's. But first, a very big yawn with a matching upward stretch of both arms! I am talking about the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, of course. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket was lower at noon, taking a breather after two days of strong rallies. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 39.7 points, or 0.84 per cent, at 4675.2 while the broader All Ordinaries fell 37.8 points, or 0.8 ...

ISN unveils new industry fund campaign

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
Industry Super Network has embarked on its latest advertising blitz to promote industry super funds - this time with a bigger emphasis on ISF's new logo and a renewed message on the funds acting "only for the benefit of members". The key message to ...

Day of silence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Big yawn! That's what Wall Street and European markets did overnight. Flat, flat, flat. Perhaps they took a one-day of silence to show respect for US Senator Edward Kennedy. Senator Ted passed away yesterday, aged 77. Or maybe they're just taking a ...

The perfect hedge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
Don't know about you but to me, this week is one of the most boring one for equity markets. Wall Street rebounded overnight. Big deal! The numerous companies that have reported second quarter earnings much - some even much, much - better than consensus ...

Shareholder activism misses the mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
Super fund and investment manager activism against listed company boards is misdirected, according to a corporate governance expert. Speaking at the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA), Lynn Ralph, managing director at Cameron Ralph ...