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Spring springs on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
'Words and music make a song.' (Andy Gibb) Wall Street's performance overnight showed what some choice words and a 'memo' could do to market sentiment. The S&P 500's 6.4 per cent surge last night provided a preview of the sharp reversal the equity markets ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... half capitalist. But what is so ugly about nationalisation anyway? The British government has already nationalized Northern Rock last year and owns 68 per cent of RBS and 43 per cent of Lloyds. It remains a democracy. The German government has recently ...

Advisers caught for market manipulation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
Two former client advisers have been found guilty of market manipulation following ASIC investigations. According to a statement by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Rocco Musumeci and Richard John Wade were yesterday handed custodial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
... September quarter. RuralCo Holdings Ltd issues annual results. Companies holding annual general meetings include CVC Ltd, Hot Rock Ltd, Progen Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Wide Bay Australia Ltd, Apex Minerals NL, Range Resources Ltd, iiNet Ltd, and Torrens ...

Sisyphian challenge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... authorities continue to push a huge boulder up a hill only to watch it roll back down. But while Sisyphus rolled the same rock over and over, the global boulder authorities are trying to push over the hilltop has grown every time it rolls back down. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher today after US stocks gained on Friday as investors saw buying opportunities following heavy falls earlier in the week. At 0738 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney ...

Humpty Dumpty Syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
And so it came to pass. The election of Barack Obama to the highest post in the biggest and most powerful economy of the world would forever be etched into the annals of history - not only in America, but also throughout the entire planet. It is just ...

For those about to hit rock bottom, we salute you

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
The real culprit behind the global credit crunch has been formally identified as not Dr Alan Greenspan but rock band AC/DC, after the UK Guardian newspaper revealed the world goes into recession every time the aging rockers go on tour. Sending world ...

Three funds top Lonsec Ratings

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
Lonsec bestowed its highest rating - "Highly Recommended" - to three small caps funds respectively managed by Eley Griffiths Group, Ausbil and Pengana. The ratings house reviewed and rated 26 managers in the traditional small caps space, micro cap focussed ...

Depression no more?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... Dow's one-day 14.9 per cent jump to 99.34 points on 6 October 1931 was followed by more losses and the index did not hit rock bottom until 8 July 1932 at 41.22 points - a further 58.5 per cent fall. It was only in September 1954 that the Dow was able ...