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Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... down the hatches and accept that things will worsen before they become better. We heard from the G-7 finance ministers' pow-wow in Marseilles, France last Friday - blah, blah and more blah. "We met at a time of new challenges to... growth, fiscal deficits ...

Budget bore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... gangbusters rate over the next two years - from 2.25 per cent this fiscal year to 4 per cent the next and 3.75 per cent after that. WOW! That's what I think of that! That's way over the economy's trend growth of between 3 per cent and 3.5 per cent. And ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... regardless of the fundamentals," he said. "I think the fundamentals stand up... we will look back in a month or so and say wow, look at these opportunities that we could've taken." Uranium-exposed stocks have plunged again after recovering on Wednesday ...

Birth of the iPad adviser

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... Even more so, they remember the feeling," she said, meaning the multidimensional impact of an iPad presentation plus the 'wow' factor might just help foster a connection between the adviser and the client. Banaei also said the social aspect of using ...

Double positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... headlines that August 2010 marked the worst August in nine years. The S&P 500 index closed 2.95 per cent higher last night. Wow! Great! Superb! Looks like it... but not really. It remains within the range of high volatility trading since financial markets ...

Do nothing budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... completely paid off by 2018/19 -- also three years earlier than predicted. What can you say with a Budget like this except... wow! Particularly given the backdrop of budget deficit mayhem that is currently pummelling Europe. The rest of the world has ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... economy. This is the sort of jobs growth you get at the peak of booms, not when you're just at the early stages of recovery." Wow! Every expert now seems to be singing from the same songbook. I don't disagree with these reactions. It just amazes me how ...

U V W X Y Z

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... prices have no reason to be rallying this hard. Next year? We have at most 11 more months before taking profits. In five years? Wow! That's five years of accumulated and compounded returns - perhaps enough to offset the rise in inflation and interest ...

China could own America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... that they virtually own these companies? Citigroup and Bank of America are next in line, then it'll be the carmakers turn. Wow! How good is that? Mr. And Mrs. Jones owning two of the biggest global banks and they can choose the latest model Chrysler ...

Little fish and the big picture

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
... fish remained sweet and small caps delivered their fourth year of double digits. Almost half the small cap stocks managed to wow market expectations with star performers in retail and mining services.