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The weekend that could change the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... escalate into something more sinister.A We're talking superpowers with nuclear, chemical and biological armaments - Syria, Russia, China, Iran on one side, the US -- maybe France (and maybe, the next Australian PM) -- on the other. The biggest game changer ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... rate decisions from the Bank of England and the European Central Bank. Dealers also tracked developments in St Petersburg, Russia where a G20 summit about the world economy was being overshadowed by rifts over a US plan to intervene in Syria. London's ...

Prepare for take-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... hand.A Equity investors are in retreat over the uncertainty of the unknown.A Will it escalate to increased tensions with Russia and China - Syria's wing men?A And oh, let's not forget Iran - Syria's other wing man.A Will it make good on its threat to ...

Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... emerging markets have just been compounded by the increasing likelihood of a US (and its Coalition) war with Syria (and Russia) following comments by US President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry.A You, I and Irene know what war is good for, don't ...

Withdrawal anxiety

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013

More taper talks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
Australian stocks are higher as the market reacts to heightened expectations of an interest rate cut in August. Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens on Tuesday hinted the central bank cut could cut the cash rate to a record low of 2.5 per ...

Service consumption bucks downward trend in EM equities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... health care provision, private education, university tuition and the provision of pensions in areas such as the Middle East, Russia and Brazil. The figures show huge potential for growth in these sectors. In Brazil, the government spends $900 per capita ...

Ben's all that matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel the suspense building up to a crescendo? The FOMC starts their two-day policy meeting tonight and then finally...we might get closure on the taper thing. We could speculate about the indications ...

The death of QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
"The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself." - Publilius Syrus (Maxim 511) What parent would name his child Publilius? But Pub - the Assyrian who wrote mimes in Latin during the 1 BC - as he was fondly called could have been describing ...