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BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010

... quarter's strength was due to inventories (contributed 3.9 per cent to growth) and not consumer spending (added 1.2 per cent). Ahhh...but this is old hat. What's important now is what happens going forward. Wall Street will get a glimpse of the future ...

Boiling frog

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009

... higher the Australian dollar, the less competitive Australia's exports. Export earnings drop. Exporters lay-off workers. Ahhh...but have no fear. The Australian Federal Government predicts that the unemployment rate would now only reach 6.75 by fiscal ...

Trick or treat

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009

... Thursday in the form of a better-than-expected 3.5 per cent annualised growth in US real GDP growth in the third quarter. Ahhh...all is well. The US economy is back to growth. But Halloween is not otherwise known as the "festival of the dead" for nothing. ...

A tale of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009

... July. Only 29% said the economy had "pretty much hit bottom," down from 35% last month." So where does this leave investors? Ahhh...we also have a survey to measure that. The State Street Investor Confidence Index fell by 10 points to 108.4 in October ...

Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009

... wrote that, "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one (investors) and love the other (debt issuers)..." Ahhh, the more things change, the more they remain the same. The ratings agencies have not been punished enough.

Mmm...bargains

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009

... convinced that inflation pressures were moderating. Four months later, December 2007 and voila! - the US recession commences. Ahhh...but this time, it's different! The Fed is correct. Unemployment is still rising, credit standards are tighter, delinquency ...

September mourn

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009

... see my point? It's meaningless to be forever warning that the end is nigh if the nigh has no dd/mmm/yyyy attached to it. Ahhh...but wait! Options traders have put an mmm/yyyy on the end. And the end is "nigh-er" than we think. ETA: September 2009. Bloomberg ...

Away for Easter

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009

... boot. I just wonder what today's commentaries would be if Wall Street advanced instead falling slightly below the zero line. Ahhh, the headlines would say Wall Street eked out gains 'despite' Mayo's.... You get the picture. Why Mayo's call was picked ...

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Invesco launches new equity fund

ELIZA BAVIN

Invesco said the new fund will give Australian investors access to a systematic global equity strategy with a 20-year track record.

FCA pursues Neil Woodford again

KARREN VERGARA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is going after failed fund manager Neil Woodford again, this time for allegedly providing unauthorised investment advice via W4.0, his Dubai-based investment platform.

Former APRA deputy chair launches retirement solutions startup

KARREN VERGARA

A former APRA deputy chair has launched CipherIQ, a new venture that provides retirement solutions via account-based pensions in partnership with superannuation funds, financial advisers and retirees.

Global X launches space tech ETF

MATTHEW WAI

Global X has now launched the space tech ETF (ASX: MOON).

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