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Knights in shining armour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
"Just like a knight in shining armor From a long time ago Just in time I will save the day..." Peter Cetera - Glory of Love This tune played in my head when Beijing announced the country's June quarter economic scorecard yesterday - and boy oh boy ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... American crisis back in the late 1980s. It succeeded! Turns out I wasn't the only one thinking about this. The Wall Street Journal named two: Charles Dallara, managing director of the Institute of International Finance and Barry Eichengreen, economics ...

Back to cactus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... double-dip. And right on cue, we have Yale University economist Robert Schiller saying just that. According to the Wall Street Journal, "Noted economist Robert Shiller said Wednesday there was a "substantial" probability the U.S. could lurch again into ...

ANU partners with CFA Inst

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
CFA Institute has partnered with the Australian National University's Bachelor of Finance program so students qualifying for a major in Corporate Finance and Investment Management will receive recognition by the CFA. The CFA Institute said the degree ...

Never wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Rising inflation. Sagging earnings. Sliding oil price. They were the culprits! They sucker punched Wall Street down to its knees while we were sleeping. No Virginia, not again. Don't tell me that just days after the "no one can deny" good news brought ...

Noonan takes ACSI presidency

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
Media Super chairman Gerard Noonan has been appointed as the new president of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Noonan will be supported by incoming deputy president Trish Donohue, who is executive manager of investments for ...

Silver bullet downs market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... Rumours begin to circulate. Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is rumoured to be selling silver futures. Also, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that George Soros and other investors are unloading their gold and silver holdings. But hang on for ...

Swan officially rejects ASX deal but is open to offers

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
Treasurer, Wayne Swan has this morning confirmed his rejection of the proposed merger of ASX Limited (ASX) and Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) but has insisted that he is open to offers. At a press conference in Canberra this morning, Swan told journalists ...

Pain sans hysteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... On top of these, the Bank of Japan is now adding more liquidity to the financial system. According to the Wall Street Journal, "Japan's central bank has offered a total of 55.6 trillion yen ($724 billion) of short-term funds in the past three days, including ...