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No guarantee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
Ho-hum. This is how I felt early Saturday morning (or was it afternoon?). No Virginia, it wasn't because I had one drink too many the night before - still, I invoke my right to remain silent. 'Twas because that all-important, that mother of all eco ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... the most traded stock on the local market, with 2,149,608 shares traded. The news had a bigger effect on Qantas' rival Virgin with its shares falling 0.25 cents, or 0.7 per cent, to 35.25 cents. "If the repeal of the Qantas sale act does go through it ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... remember the exact same thing happened when Wesfarmers reported as well." Wesfarmers on Thursday was up 12 cents at $42.72. Virgin Australia shares shed one cent, or 2.86 per cent, to 34 cents after the airline said it had slumped to a first half loss ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia is due to release financial aggregates data for January. In equities news, Virgin Australia, Woolworths, Harvey Norman, Warrnambool Cheese and Butter, and Retail Food Group are among the companies expected ...

A-dollar zero point six six

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
He's either really brave or truly spaced out after smoking some heavy stuff. One thing's for sure though, Deutsche Bank's chief economist for Australia Adam Boyton has made the headlines with his fearless forecast that the Australian dollar would be ...

G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
The week that was looked exactly like the week before that was. Yes Virginia, financial market sentiment remains upbeat for what is good is good and what is bad, what is disappointing, what is negative is "likely affected by the weather". Blame the ...

Excuses, excuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
Have Wall Streeters' gone loco? This immediately came to mind when I saw Wall Street's reaction to the disappointing US jobs report for, more often than not, disappointment does not get a rise out of Wall Street. Perhaps it was a not an often day for ...

Subjected to interpretation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
Well, well, well, looks like someone - nay, many, many ones - woke up on the right side of the bed this morning. Well... yesterday morning to be precise, as I refer to the stock market action on Wall Street and in Europe and in emerging markets. It's ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
More data, more confusion. What's an investor to do? Do what Wall Street did, that's what... sit on his hands and wait. More data. The ISM non-manufacturing index increased to a reading of 54.0 in January, up 1.0 from December's 53.0 reading and better ...

Mmm bargains, hmm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
Wall Street bounces as bargain hunters pounce. I could stop right here, thank you very much but, alas, I have a number of words quota to fill so here we go. Yes Virginia, Wall Street clawed back some of the previous day's losses - the S&P 500 up 0.8% ...