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Desert Storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... moved after the fact. You and I and our dogs could do the same. The difference is that they get paid handsomely for saying the sky will fall...after it has fallen. But you've got to hand it to the Dubai Government, the picked a fine time to announce ...

Wingate appoints senior analyst

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... companies with strong cash flows, strong balance sheets and attractive long term business fundamentals. Wingate avoids 'blue sky' sectors such as biotechnology, high-end technology and exploration.

More calls about super: Russell

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
Russell's member services team has witnessed a 140 per cent surge in general phone enquiries by concerned super fund members - indicating that while the GFC might be over, members are still anxious about their funds. Justine de Mestre, senior manager ...

Costello joins Future Fund board

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... quoted Keating saying the former treasurer squandered 11 years of economic growth and stood by as Australia's overseas debt sky-rocketed. In a doorstop interview yesterday in Canberra, Prime Minister Rudd brushed off the criticisms by saying he would ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
The Australian share market has received generally positive leads from overseas, with Wall Street indices closing higher, oil up strongly, and metals returning flat results. At 0735 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

Fundies and analysts target IT sector

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... provider Lincoln Indicators, said the local IT sector had matured and is generating profits from its products. "Back then blue sky stories and fairy tales were driving share prices. The IT businesses of today are generating revenues by selling a product ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
The Australian share market has received generally positive leads from overnight trading, with all three key Wall Street indices finishing higher, along with oil and gold. At 0734 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

It's coming true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
"Such a feelin's comin over me There is wonder in most everything I see Not a cloud in the sky Got the sun in my eyes" (Carpenters) Wall Street snubbed what was broadly a bad news day and instead merrily hummed, "Everything I want the world to be, is ...

Irrationally exuberant greater fool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009

Dead cat bouncers dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... cat bounce? Jobless is what those dead cat bouncers should be worried about if you ask me. Jobless is what the Johnny "the sky is falling" Littles should be tweedling their thumbs about. As at the end of last week's Wall Street's trading, they've forgone ...