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The Grinch is stealing Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
Where would this, 'tis the season to be jolly, without the Grinch stealing Christmas? Just when we thought financial markets would be jingling all the way into the New Year - helped by the unarguably strong US employment report for November - we're ...

Global shares tipped amid slow local growth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... added that he thinks the commodity downturn has further to go. "The high Australian dollar was fine when we didn't have to worry about actually making things here, just digging them out of the ground and exporting them. But now that we have to compete ...

ECB came bearing no pre-Xmas cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... Last night, Super Mario has deflated hopes that the ECB would be jingling their bells this side of Christmas. But not to worry, "the relevant Eurosystem committees have stepped up the technical preparations for further measures, which could, if needed ...

The recession we're wishing to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
Get behind me ye men of little faith! There appears no pleasing us, Australians all. Whinge, whinge, whinge. We worry about our country's economic growth - by the by my neighbour still thinks we're in recession... we never got out of it since 2009 - ...

Further raise pension age, says Future Leaders winner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
AMP Capital Portfolio Analyst Stephen Flegg has won the 2014 Future Leaders Award, run jointly by the Financial Services Council and Deloitte. This year, competitors were asked to prepare presentations on one of four hot topics: MySuper and competition ...

SSgA warns of equity market complacency

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... easy for investors to look at a more than 20% market return over the last couple of years and think 'what have we got to worry about?' It's easy to forget all the challenges the market has faced over the last five years following two very strong years," ...

Rejoice for the A$ has fallen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... to 3.2% (from 3.4%) this year -- not a big problem this side of the New Year. It is at the other side though that's the worry, with the economy predicted to grow by only 1.9% (from 2.5%). What's Australia to do? To quote 'Business Spectator' quoting ...

China's mean regression

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... Probably. But then, it'll depend on how long China can continue to grow before it reverts to the 2% per annum mean. Not to worry, 20 years is a long, long time, we have more pressing fishes to fry at the moment... like guessing what Yellen wants.

Global deflation - the next worry?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
The details are still sketchy as I type but the shootings at Canada's Parliament in Ottawa may just have been the reason dip-buyers were waiting for to cash in the gains they bought during the previous week's bigger than usual dips. Not because of oil ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
The share market is more than 1% weaker as investors worry about sluggish global growth and the Ebola crisis in west Africa. All sectors are suffering losses as Asian share markets follow the downward trajectory of US and European markets. Weaker commodity ...