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The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... in the US. Let's not forget geopolitics is heating up in Iran again." You, I and Irene know how... it's because of that carrot dangling in front of our faces, that eternal hope, that promise of a QE. But if you haven't worked it out by now, there's a ...

If not now, when?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
After all is said and done, much was said but nothing was done. Risk-takers have every reason to feel disappointed for none of the central banks - Fed, ECB, BOE -- that met this week walked their talk (the BOE though didn't do much talking). There weren't ...

Wen's visible hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
Where are they now? Those hard landing-ers? Wall Streets and European equities jumped 1.7% and 1.4%, respectively - on the final day of last week's trading as markets welcomed news that China's economy slowed "as expected" to 7.6% in the year to the ...

Abbott: Coalition will not vote for SG but won't rescind it

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
Opposition leader, Tony Abbott, has made his position clear on the proposed rise in the superannuation guarantee to 12%. Abbott confirmed this morning at a Financial Services Council (FSC) breakfast in Sydney, that while his party will not vote in support ...

Rewarding wishful thinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... everyone applauds. They're gleeful because there are reports out - again! - that their top moneymen are dangling another carrot, nay the hope for another carrot, in front of their noses. The carrot? The carrot was a Financial Times report quoting EU ...

Moody's does an S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... not for the strong finish on Wall Street - and Europe. Another day, another up day as investors continue to chase the QE3 carrot that's being dangled in front of their noses. Whether or not there's gonna be a stimulus - in one form or another -- remains ...

BT Super dangles $20,000 carrot

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
BT Super for Life has upped the ante to attract new members by offering four cash prizes of up to $20,000 for switching to and contributing to a BT Super for Life account. Running from May 1 to August 15, the competition is available for entrants that ...

Bullish bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... jump from the 6.1 per cent growth in the first. The global financial crisis, it seems, was no match for central planning's carrot - US$585 billion stimulus package -- and stick - Beijing asked banks to lend and companies to invest, or else. Expectations ...

Rated AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
You've been warned, Australia! Standard & Poor's and Moody's threatened Australia with a downgrade in its sovereign risk rating if the National Budget remains in deficit over the medium term. My, oh my, I am so scared. And so we all should be. Because ...

Fundies must upskill in low-carbon world

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
A $500 billion carrot awaits the new breed of fund managers willing to do their homework on climate change, but the road to the burgeoning investment sector is full of stumbling blocks. Speaking at an IMCA briefing this week, DWS investment analyst ...