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Tell that to the marines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
Yeah, yeah& tell that to the marines! This was a saying I picked up in high school when I was doing my compulsory military service. The marines don't believe anything, they don't ask why, they simply do or die. This quip came to mind as I surf cyberspace ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
The Australian sharemarket has opened flat as investors look for signs of a solution in Europe on the last trading day of the financial year. At 1015 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 6.5 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 4,038.3, while ...

Dressing the windows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
Is she? Was she? Who did it? Poor Frau no deal "as long as I live" Angie babe. My apologies, this is a very nasty thing to even contemplate but just try and put two and two together - last night's equity markets rally and yesterday's statement by the ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
Stop right there. If you believe that last night's reversal of fortune on Wall Street was really, truly because of "improved data on the US housing market" as the Australian Financial Review puts it or "as Home Data Tempers Economic Concern," as per ...

All eyes on Germany ahead of Greek elections

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
National elections at the weekend will be crucial in deciding if Greece stays in the eurozone or not, with polls indicating that left-wing party Syriza is on equal standing with pro-austerity party New Democracy. Syriza has threatened to tear up stringent ...

No random walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
As surely as night follows day, an up day on Wall Street followed the previous one's down. Over the past seven trading days, the S&P 500 displayed this classic sawtooth pattern. Here are the stats - and the rationales as headlined: 06 June: Up 2.3% ...

Bennelong names new CFO

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
Bennelong Funds Management has appointed Jeff Phillips as its new chief financial officer, commencing 12 June. Phillips will assume responsibility for the finance, reporting, compliance and product management functions throughout Bennelong and its suite ...

Neuberger Berman expands team in Australia

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
Fund manager Neuberger Berman Australia has appointed Angelia Tonkin to the newly-created position of associate, to support the firm's distribution and client service activities. Prior to joining Neuberger Berman, Tonkin was with Hastings Funds Management ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on US markets overnight and continued political uncertainty in Europe. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down six points at 4,155. In economic news ...

Grexit and the games people play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
It is ironic that the country that brought the world the story of the "Sword of Damocles" is itself now that very sword dangling precariously above the heads of world financial markets. Any moment now. Events in Greece over the past few days have jacked ...