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Yin to market yang

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... strikes against equities getting ahead of themselves become more common in the US and Europe, a sentiment reinforced by US president Barack Obama this week when he pushed for financial reforms to help avoid a repeat of last year's GFC. Not that Power ...

Playing chicken with tyres

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... longer and downward sloping. Trust politicians to try fix economies and they're sure to muck it up. What's gotten to US President Obama? In one word and three numbers - Section 421. Section 421 of the Trade Act of 1974 (China-Specific Safeguards) specifies ...

Politics wield power over asset prices

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
Political affiliations do more than just influence who will become the next US president, they can dictate asset prices too, according to a study on the performance of Democratic versus Republican fund managers. US-based publication, Advisor Perspectives ...

Almost Per-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... night and a negative one-fecta further strengthens the case that the US economy is forging forward. "I'll be back!" US President Barack Obama announced his nomination of Chairman Ben for a second four-year term. No surprises here despite the American ...

Best laid plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... money is needed. Do you recall the headlines of just around two weeks ago? Back then the US Vice President and the US President's Economic Adviser backed each other saying that America's stimulus measures were not enough. Washington should implement ...

Meredith Whitney

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... the name, don't wear it out! It took just one woman with gumption to whip Wall Street back in the right direction. US President Obama, displaying his inherent gift of the gab, was ignored. So were US Treasury Timmy Geithner and Ben Bernanke. And what ...

Spin-a-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... herd. However, the bears could win medium term (after three or four years?). Why this time span? Because it is when US President Obama promised, "Yes, we can!" cut the budget deficit in half, that is. If he makes good on his promise income taxes - personal ...

FPA and Bannister Mansfield settle in court

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Bannister Mansfield have settled in court and the financial planning firm's director, Gavin Murphy, has apologised for the ads placed in the media. The FPA started proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia ...

No two ways about it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... pressure to stop spending. Protectionism, competitive devaluations and efforts to limit the national debt --then US President Hoover tried to maintain it at 40 per cent of gross national product - were among the policy mistakes that prolonged and deepened ...

Budget me a recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... Congress reduced spending and raised income taxes of high wage earners to bring the budget back in balance. In 2009, US President Barack Obama promised to halve the deficit by the end of his first term. Part of his plan to do this? Raise income taxes ...