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Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... months prior. The IMF scared the s&#t out of the G20 back then. Can't blame the WB for trying the same tactic! The bottomline is that nothing has changed. Economies continue to stabilise and deteriorate less. Speculators wanted to take some profits...they ...

Spin-a-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... past 12 months alone. There were other economic indicators and surveys released overnight, but you get the idea. The bottomline is that I think the bulls will prevail over the short-term. The upward momentum is slowly gathering pace and optimism would ...

Pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... bad when put this way. But work out the percentage figure and it becomes a piddling 0.3 per cent of households. The bottomline is that unless another unexpected economic or financial shock comes along the way, the equity markets' forward momentum would ...

Thank you RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
The RBA giveth and the RBA giveth again. Who would have thought that after two weeks of bad economic news here and abroad, the Reserve Bank of Australia would still have the nerve to say, 'she'll be right mate.' For this is exactly what the Australian ...

Free money can be costly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 23 NOV 2008
Inflation is out and deflation is the new black. If the prospect for falling prices becomes entrenched even free money will be expensive. Just over four months ago when crude oil reached nearly US$150 a barrel, many central bankers remained keenly focused ...

Don't worry, be happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
'Be careful what you wish for.' If there is only one thing Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens will be remembered by, it could be his rational warning to Australians. In a speech before a function sponsored by the Committee for Economic ...

Australian Unity focuses on wellbeing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... cost to the overall group, the healthcare, retirement living and funds management businesses have all propped up the bottomline. "Like everyone else, we've been affected by adverse market conditions...but our products have continued to perform well despite ...

Fed Gloom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... the past six months. The index rose in July but to a still negative 4.92 from negative 8.68 in the previous month. Bottomline: Monetary policy tightening is definitely off the agenda for now. On the contrary, while the Fed does not want to lower rates ...

Bad weather dampens Suncorp profits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
Suncorp's bottomline has been hit by unusual weather and global share market volatility after the firm's half year net profit after tax was down 27.5 per cent to $382 million. The group's general insurance division posted $172 million half year profit ...

APRA audit adds to bottomline

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
Super funds with transparent IT systems are more likely to pass random APRA audits and reduce their overall compliance costs, according to Panos Alexandratos, general manager at regulatory software company IQ Business Group. Alexandratos said institutions ...