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Australia sings hallelujah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
Australians all let us rejoice... Nah, not because "wild card" Guy Sebastian made numero cinco at the weekend's Eurovision finals - well... if you put money that he'll make Top 10 then go ahead and show us those pearly whites. Let's rejoice for what ...

You can forget June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
Each and every remaining month of 2015 remains live, depending on incoming data - particularly on employment and inflation. This is the main take-away from the minutes of the FOMC's 28-29 April meeting....but you can forget June... June is dead. "A ...

Tug o' currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
It might only be for the summer but it certainly sounds to me like one of Popeye's (the sailor man) favourite outburst, "enough is enough and enough is too much". The euro has strengthened enough and it's become too much for the European Central Bank ...

Falling AUD offsets dividend growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
Australia had the fastest dividend growth in Asia Pacific for the year to March 2015, but the falling Australian dollar made the increase modest relative to its counterparts in the region, the Henderson Global Dividend Index found. Australia made up ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set for a fairly flat open to the week after a weak lead from Wall Street on Friday. The June share price index futures contract was up two points at 5,749. On Friday, the S&P 500 in the US edged higher to a new record in ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
You name it, we've got it. It's the drop in oil prices, it's the recovery in oil prices. It's the strong US dollar, it's the weakening US dollar in recent weeks. It's the "transitory" weakness in the US economy, it's the weakening US economy, it's... ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher, following strong gains on Wall Street. At 0653 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 39 points at 5,726. The S&P 500 in the US rose to a fresh record close, led by strong ...

No downing the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
The portrait of Australian Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey's beaming self-congratulatory smile as he did the rounds of media interviews yesterday remains deeply stuck in my brain. Can't blame smokin' Joe, he might just get his autograph on a third Budget ...

End heavy weighting in US equities: Tempo AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Tempo Asset Management joined the ranks of global equities managers who are forecasting the end of the United States bull market. The third largest bull market in the US history has delivered "a remarkable performance but it's also very unusual," Tempo ...

Bond bears out of hibernation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
If even a dog can have his day, why not bears? Can't blame 'em Virginia, it's May after all - that month of the year when you, I and Irene are supposed to "sell and go away". But, but... but it may be more than the seasonality this May that's' taking ...