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Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
It's a wrap! It's official! September 2010 is the man! Wall Street may have been down for the day but it produced the best September gain even before many of us were born. The S&P 500 index soared by 8.8 per cent in the month, the Dow jumped by 7.7 ...

Watching the A$ watch the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... or at least the past nine or so months - and spared of the daily palpitations after each every confirmed warnings that the sky is falling or exultations that the sun is shining and the sky is blue. Chances are we'll be getting more of the same this week ...

Unions threaten strikes with BBC pension reforms looming

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... pessimism has a tendency to feed on itself, never underestimate the power of optimism. This might be just what we need to keep the sky from falling. And if September is any indication, we're now on our way back to happy days. But then again, 30 days ...

Food security back on the radar

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
The news of BHP's recent bid for Potash Corp has brought the issue of investing in food security to the forefront, with CFSGAM, H3 Global and WLM Financial hot on the sector's trail. BHP made a $39 billion hostile bid for Potash Corp, a bid Potash later ...

Bond rush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... GFC. The yield on two-year Treasuries dropped to 0.48 per cent - the lowest on record. This implies two things. Either the sky is about to fall over our collective heads again. Or we are now in the midst of a bond market bubble. Strong and valid rationales ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket ended slightly firmer as it braced for earnings reports from Telecom, Contact Energy and Sky Television tomorrow. Mainfreight rose 19c to 670 after reporting first quarter sales up 20.5 per cent compared to a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... Property Trust, OneSteel Ltd, UGL Ltd, SAI Global Ltd, Primary Health Care Ltd, Challenger Wine Trust, GWA International Ltd and Sky City Entertainment Group Ltd. Aston Resources Ltd and Bailey Minerals NL are due to list on the Australian stock exchange ...

The Fed did it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... was on the market. True to script, it sold off instead of rejoicing. The Fed's actions just confirmed its worst fears - the sky is falling! Now every other indicator is being given a negative spin. China. New lending amounted to only 533 billion yuan ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
The Australian share market is likely to open the week moderately higher, after it received positive leads from major world markets on Friday. At 0735 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was eight points higher ...