Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 21 - 30 of 66 results for "Telegraph"

Trump makes small beautiful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) business optimism index surged to its highest level since December 2004, jumping to a reading of 105.8 last month and continuing the optimism - the index gained 3.5 points to 98.4 in November ...

Will 2017 be a mirror image of 2016?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... gloom and doom was the catchphrase in the early days of last year. Just in case you've forgotten Virginia, here's 'The Telegraph's" headline (dated 11 January 2016), "RBS cries 'sell everything' as deflationary crisis nears" (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/02/11/rbs-cries-sell-everything-as-deflationary-crisis-nears/) ...

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... allocation." The thing is, we've heard this "sell everything" mongering once before. In case you've forgotten, here's 'The Telegraph's" headline (dated 11 January 2016), "RBS cries 'sell everything' as deflationary crisis nears" (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/02/11/rbs-cries-sell-everything-as-deflationary-crisis-nears/) ...

Bremorsing and Bregretting Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... Farage's comment that, "Let June 23 go down in our history as our independence day!" they are nowhere to be seen. 'The Telegraph's' news item of 25 June might have something to do with Nigel being MIA. "Senior Vote Leave sources on Friday made clear ...

Time to fear the no "fear gauge"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
Yippee-kay-yay! 'twas a good week for most major equity markets last week, all were blinking the happy bright and happy colour green....and this, just as we're about to see the end days of May - yes, the month when we're advised to sell and go away....and ...

Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... release of the Fed minutes (though it closed 0.3% on the plus side for the week). We've been warned. The Fed has sent the telegraph and laid out the foundations. Prepare and don't be alarmed. What's an itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny 25 bps anyway? It's bupkis! ...

Advisers encouraged to review changes carefully

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
A higher than expected number of changes to superannuation delivered in the 2016 federal budget will keep financial advisers on their toes, as they work to update financial plans in line with the changes. From 1 July 2017, the tax exempt status of income ...

Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... reverse current negative sentiments from China to Zaire. Then again, it's also that not simple. What message would the Fed telegraph to the markets if it turns back so soon after setting the course towards policy normalisation?

US Fed cleared for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
So here we are. After month after month after month of speculating the 'when' of lift-off, it's finally coming. As fate or coincidence would have it, 16 December marks the beginning and now the coming end of the US Federal Reserve's near zero interest ...

Watching out for the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... night, down from 1.87% at the end of June. Hence, the jury's still out. Perhaps, not for long. We may even receive a telegraph message from the Fed before the September FOMC meeting. Jackson Hole is coming this August, on the 27th up to the 29th. Yes ...