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Bulls take first quarter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... the New Year worries over inflation percolated all around the world due to escalating commodity prices, in particular the spike in the prices of food and oil. This will prompt calls for central banks to end quantitative easing and/or tighten monetary ...

C'mon, Aussie, c'mon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... flooded their economies. There's Australia's inflation discount. And when there's so much money floating in the system, prices spike. This is currently what other major central banks face. Sure, Australia also faces upward pressure on prices, but the ...

No-bull bull market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... indicators are pointing to strengthening growth in the global economy. Sure, risks remain. Add rising inflation and the spike in crude oil prices in the list of uncertainties above. But with most investors riding on the wave of optimism, further gains ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... white clouds billowing from one of the reactors, while the government said it had temporarily evacuated all staff due to a spike in radiation. The plant has already suffered four blasts and one other fire since it was rocked by Friday's record tremor. ...

The day the earth moved

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... country. But it is even sadder that prophets of doom are using the event to peddle their wares. They weren't able to get the spike in oil prices they predicted when the "Day of Rage" came and went in Saudi Arabia without incident. Now it's gonna be Japan. ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... excellent entry points into equities - fearing the jobless recovery in the 1990/91 and 2001 recessions and the oil price spike in 2003 when the US invaded Iraq-- the same issues that currently dominate the headlines. But the signs are there. Blink and ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is trying to calm down Queen Qaddafi. Still, Libya is not the only source for the spike in oil. The oil premium is there because of fears of supply disruptions as the Jasmine Revolutionaries march through the desert ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... crisis. On Wednesday, the Australian share market closed lower as tensions in the Middle East continued to rattle markets and spike up oil prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 23.2 points, or 0.48 per cent, to 4,803.2 points, while the broader ...

Three and a half men

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... down about 1.5 per cent on the day. Oh boy, here we go again. News services were all over the place blaming the renewed spike in crude. Oil spiked - again! - because of reports that people power threatens to spread to Iran, and Iran is the China of OPEC ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... existing home sales rose 2.7 per cent in January, marking three back to back monthly gains, which would have caused markets to spike two or three weeks ago, Mr Weston said. "There is still a lot of uncertainty in the market and a tug of war between keeping ...