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We're still in Kansas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... bullions that investors and speculators have been amassing the past few months. But has America's structural economic dynamics really changed because of one month's number? I think not. Toto, I've a feeling we're still in Kansas!

Mickey money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... constant advice about extrapolating the present into the future. Something always comes up along the way to disrupt current dynamics. So is it now time to abandon the equity ship? Maybe not...yet. Yes, I am worried about the future. But there's still ...

Green takes reigns at AIA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... is upbeat about the appointment at a time when insurance, and especially group insurance, is experiencing one its most dynamics periods in years. "The AIA Australia team has played a pivotal role in maturing our business into a customer and delivery ...

Up, down and sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... higher...higher and higher. But that is if the Australian currency operates in vacuum - all things being equal - and current market dynamics continue into their merry way into the future. And that's the rub. They don't. Remember 15 July 2008 when the ...

Mmm...bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... what will be. But by merely forecasting a slow recovery, the Fed is already changing the economic and financial market dynamics. The same way that Wall Street continued to climb because of its positive assessment in August 2007. The same way, that because ...

Challenger to ramp up life and funds mgmt after mortgage sale

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... management markets. "Whilst we are very proud of our history and performance within the mortgage industry, the changing dynamics of that market meant that the significant capital tied up in the business will be better reforcused into growth opportunities ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... How many times have you read in this column that the economy does not operate in vacuum? And so extrapolating current dynamics into the future is a mug's game. We - businesses, workers, investors - are the government. We are the economy. And we respond ...

Gen-Y in a bottle

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... the customer services they are getting today because they still have low banking or superannuation balances. But the dynamics will change as soon as they get a mortgage or start earning a high salary. "Wealth through time will naturally transfer to this ...

Greener than green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... driven by price discounting and of course, low interest rates. But what did we say about myopia - looking at current dynamics instead of the future? And the future looks bright. If I get a dollar for every time I write this sentence, I wouldn't need ...

Bullish bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... per cent off! Just goes to show how sentiment clouds analysts' forecasts and the human tendency to extrapolate current dynamics into the future. China's comeback will further enhance earnings. The Chinese economy grew by 7.9 per cent in the year to the ...