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The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014

... again for the ECB to ease - as reflected by the weakening in the euro/US$ exchange rate. This gained momentum last week after CNBC reported that, "Germany's Bundesbank said the ECB could buy loans and other assets from banks to support the euro-zone ...

Catching the big wave

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014

... following calls within the ruling Saenuri party to respond to the growing use of the Chinese currency". And before this, CNBC reported (on 17 February) that, "Australia's stock exchange operator ASX (ASX:ASX-AU) and Bank of China (Shanghai Stock Exchange ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013

... to reduce its $US85 billion-a-month asset-purchase program. One of them, Richard Fisher, the head of the Dallas Fed, told CNBC that the Fed's balance sheet has become "bloated" and warned that "at some point, we will have to taper back on the pace of ...

Mother of all hard landings and other BSes

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013

... for its sustenance on an even greater credit bubble in China." Ha ha bloody ha ha. This is the same Mr. Edwards quoted by CNBC Asia on 9 May 2012 - that's last year - saying the same thing. The headline: "Australia Heading for 'Mother of All Hard Landings' ...

The happening

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013

... issues a weather warning". Last Friday, Reuters had this: "Dow record not necessarily a buy signal" and the day before that CNBC ran a story titled, "Stock Rally Will End Badly This Year: Marc Faber" (but what else could you expect from Marc?). These ...

Fed sorted easy, now for the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013

... president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve and voting member of the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC). In an interview with CNBC, he made it clear that, "Fed policy is very easy and it's going to stay easy for a long time". Unless, of course, the ...

Don't stop me now

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013

... period this year). Guess what was the major news of that time? It was Nouriel "Dr. Doom" Roubini changing his spots. In a CNBC interview, Dr. Roubini announced his transformation in to a bull: "I think tactically for the next few months equities could ...

US credit rating threatened, buy US bonds

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013

... Not that America hasn't defaulted in the past. In its article headed, "Has the United States Ever Defaulted on Its Debt?", CNBC cited four instances when Uncle Sam did - in 1790, in 1841-42, in 1873-1844 and in 1933. Here's the link: http://www.cnbc.com/id/43140915/Has_the_United_States_Ever_Defaulted_on_Its_Debt. ...

Uncertainty goes uncertainty comes

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012

... August 2005 while Hurricane Andrew cost US$58.6 bil in August 1992. PIMCO's Mohamed El-Erian wrote in a guest blog posted on CNBC that, "...after an immediate negative impulse of several weeks, the impact on GDP as a whole will be mixed to slightly positive." ...

100% world recession

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012

... given up is Marc Faber - that other doctor of doom and publisher of "The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report". In an interview with CNBC, he repeated the "gloom and doom" call he made last May, warning that there's a 100% chance the world heads into recession. ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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