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Economic recap: Week to August 6

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... to the economic outlook remain". In Japan, it was all about the Olympics of course. To be able to proceed with the world games in these abnormal times was an achievement in itself. The "thrill of victory". "The agony of defeat". Athletes from around ...

Economic recap: Week to July 23

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... infections - the highest since the 2044 cases recorded in January this year -- a day before the opening ceremonies. In addition, games organisers report that a total of 123 people linked to the games had been infected since the start of July. Despite ...

Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... spanning the duration of the summer Olympics - to curb the resurgence in infections but effectively banning spectators at the games. In Europe, concerns over the Delta variant are increasing prompting some regions in Spain to reintroduce measures to ...

Forex CT cops $20 million fine

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... clients would deposit a sum of money in their trading account and account managers would play "wheel of fortune" and dice games if client deposit targets were met. "The significant penalty handed down by the court reflects the seriousness of this conduct. ...

Poor financial literacy failing young workers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... they're providing easily understandable and objective financial guidance," Findex chief financial officer said Matt Games said. "While there are some encouraging signs in the data that younger Australians are financially savvy, there are also some ...

Government launches digital economy strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... skills. Further to this, $35.7 million is being deployed to support emerging aviation technologies and a including a digital games tax offset of 30% to encourage investment in the global game development market. The complete digital economy strategy ...

Foreign exchange brokers banned

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... clients would deposit a sum of money in their trading account and account managers would play "wheel of fortune" and dice games if client deposit targets were met. The corporate regulator also banned Jarrod Popuard for six years and Benjamin Esler for ...

Chief economist update: Nikkei not so fine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
"Oh Nikkei, you're so fine You're so fine you blow my mind, hey Nikkei..." My apologies to Toni Basil for re-wording the lyrics to her 1981 hit "Mickey", but anyone watching the rise and rise of the Nikkei-225 index will understand. The Japanese ...

Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
Wall Street's down. Repeat, Wall Street's down! The CBOE VIX index - the fear gauge - jumped by 9.5% in the last trading day of the first month of 2021 to 33.09 points, marking the highest since the renewed COVID-19 outbreak in Europe that subsequently ...

Investors going in blind: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
Australians are entering the stockmarket guided only by word of mouth, independent research and social media posts, new research shows. Online trading platform eToro surveyed over 1000 Australian investors to find out where they are getting their advice ...