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Bending it like Bernanke

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... the markets. Just when we thought we've seen it all, along comes the Fed kowtowing to the whims of the financial markets. Yes Virginia, the Fed announced that it would reinvest the proceeds from its profitable portfolio of mortgage-backed securities ...

Waiting to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... tonight's meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) would conclude with a kinder surprise - a.k.a. quantitative easing. Yes Virginia, Wall Street's hoping and wishing and praying that the Fed would announce some sort of stimulus to rev up growth ...

Not a jobless double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
Double-dip here we come! Yes Virginia, we're on our way back to the abyss. This, if you believe the talking heads and the written words on the financial media after the latest update on US employment hit trading screens last Friday night. The numbers. ...

CPPIB refines bid for Intoll

ASX RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
Three weeks since the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) announced plans to buy Sydney-based toll road operator Intoll, the fund has come back to the table with a proposal to buy the entire issued capital of the firm. CPPIB submitted an ...

Squared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
... they've been on since the start of the year. Taking it further, this confirms the slow progress on the US labour market. But... yes, but! It also means that it's not deteriorating. You have to hand it to the financial press. They're able to link a single ...

Good newer news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
Out with the old (news), in with the less older. Yes Virginia, this is the way that economic data are tumbling these days. But overall, they confirm the weakness of the ancient second quarter economy, an improvement in the current one and perhaps even ...

Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... manufacturing activity. US constructions spending rose by 0.1 per cent in June surprising pundits expecting a 0.5 per cent drop. Yes, the government accounted for all of the increase. Public construction rose by 1.5 per cent in the month while residential ...

Motor Finance Wizard withdraws interest-free loans

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
Motor financial services group Motor Finance Wizard, famous for its "Motor Finance Wizard said yes!" ads about interest-free loans, withdrew its ads following ASIC concerns they were misleading and provided some clients with "unaffordable credit". In ...

MySuper gets Government tick

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
The Gillard Government has approved the MySuper reforms as part of its agenda to boost Australians' retirement incomes. Over the weekend, Prime Minister Julia Gillard gave the green light to MySuper, with existing super funds able to offer MySuper products ...

Inflation no show

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... watching one single number... and an outdated one at that? I refer to the "Consumer Price Index, Australia, Jun 2010" report. Yes! Yes! And yes! June 2010. For Pete's sake, we're just a blink away from August and we want the central bank to react to ...