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Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Gung Hay Fat Choy! The English version of Happy New Year has not worked for financial markets so far. Perhaps the Chinese one will. The web says that in Cantonese these words also mean 'may prosperity be with you.' Indeed, may prosperity be with us ...

Read between the headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
Thankfully, the Obama mania that gripped the printed and electronic headlines around the world before and during his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States has drowned the negative media spin on the outlook for the domestic economy. ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
So it was, so it shall be. The odds - the Dow fell in 12 out of the past 16 US Presidential Inaugurations - have prevailed. Now it's 13 out of 17. The Dow fell by 4.1 per cent and the S&P 500 dropped by 5.3 per cent as Barack Obama is confirmed as the ...

Aus FMs avoid Satyam scandal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Australian fund managers with an eye on tech stocks dodged the Satyam scandal, with two local fund managers reporting they had no investments in the firm. Fiducian Portfolio Services investment manager, Conrad Burge, said the firm's India Fund did not ...

Dealer groups bank on strong balance sheets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Key dealer groups Australian Financial Services, The Salisbury Group and Snowball step up to explain their business models after the Storm Financial collapse. While Storm Financial is one of hundreds of dealer groups in the market, its troubles stemming ...

The day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Tomorrow is the inauguration of Mr. Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. What does the day after tomorrow hold? Long before this event, the media had already been speculating on what First Lady-elect Michelle Obama would be wearing ...

Bonds no safer than houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
Flight to safety? Really? Fears about the economic outlook and a helping hand from the US Federal Reserve has pushed up the US bond market over the past few months. Fresh signs that the American economic recession is deepening - and so is the world's ...

Jacobson departs Kaplan

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
Warren Jacobson, Kaplan Professional Australia chief executive, has resigned from the professional education provider. Jacobson announced his resignation on December 11 which became effective at the end of last year to "explore new opportunities". Kaplan ...

Snowball buys FP and super businesses

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
Snowball has bought Brisbane based financial planning business Money Mentors and an Adelaide based corporate superannuation business adding approximately $180 million in funds under advice (FUA) to the group. Money Mentors will operate under the group's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
The Australian stock market is expected to open flat after US stocks closed mixed on Tuesday. At 0816 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March Share Price Index futures contract was steady at 3,623. In economic news today, the Australian Bureau ...