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Waiting for the ECB to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... linger that Super Mario's coming back to save the eurozone. The European Central Bank (ECB) could be announcing something (anything) to ease monetary policy when the Governing Council meets two days from now on the June 5th. Inflation's crying for action. ...

So bad it's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... investors anticipate a rosier second quarter. Duh! With growth like this (er, contraction), there's no reason to expect anything else but a spring back in spring. (There's also Aunt Janet ready to pounce if it doesn't - "monetary policy is not on a pre-set ...

Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... which, the European Central Bank appears to have reached that "if necessary" stage and is expected to do something - anything - as soon as next month. The central banks got our backs! So despite the sabre-rattling between the west and Russia, the military ...

FSC serves boutique with 'surprise' exit fee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... seeing any value in remaining a member. "Nobody here had had any involvement in the working committees, I hadn't seen anything that I'd regard as beneficial to us as an ethical fund manager, and indeed as a boutique. I have a view that the FSC has shifted ...

Growth and consequence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... that whatever happens GDP growth would surge in the first quarter as Mr. and Mrs. Watanabe stock up on everything and anything they're money can buy before the consumption tax rises from 5% to 8% (starting on 1 April). It'll be easy peasy for the BOJ ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

BOE qualifies for World Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
Anything you guys can do, I can do better... If the Fed, BOJ, ECB and PBOC could do it - forward guiding markets that monetary policy would remain easy (easier next month in the case of the ECB) - why couldn't the BOE? Yes it could! By most indications ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... market, Commsec market analyst Juliana Roadley said. "There was really nothing negative in the budget for the market so, if anything, we expected the market to open higher," she said. "There was a mixed session in the US overnight but nothing that has ...

Super needs a radical new solution to longevity: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... few institutions able to insure Australians across generations. "[It] requires a completely new basis of thinking than anything we've been doing now by the former Labor government, as you mentioned, or the Coalition," he said. He added, "We can't try ...

Action! in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... virtually pre-committing policy action next month, Super Mario has painted himself into a corner and must do something... anything next month. This, or he's credibility suffers and he would be super no more.