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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is expected to decline after US stocks fell on a White House threat to veto legislation that would avert a US debt default. But Australian resource stocks may gain after the price of metals and oil rose. At 0826 AEST on the ...

They will deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... America defaulted and 10 states did so again back in 1873-84. Financial markets have every right to be cautious until the fat lady sings. A US default may be improbable but not entirely impossible - it's happened before. As the American Spectator writes ...

Growth spoiler

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
Be careful what you wish for. After many, many years of drought, Australia got what it wished for - the green lawn inducing, agriculture produce growing rain. Suddenly the rural sector was looking good. Harvest would be a-plenty. Not only would Australians ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket is set to open flat with Wall Street closing slightly lower on weak economic data. At 0841 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was steady at 4,703 points. In economic news on Wednesday ...

EC's reforms could be fatal to hedgies

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
The European Commission's draft directive to police hedge funds more threatens the future of Aussie fund managers and investors in Europe, warns a key industry association. The Australian arm of the Alternative Investment Management Association is waving ...

Beggar thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
2009 will be the Year of Africa if Pope Benedict the XVI has his way. Chances are, given the way the global community is now suffering from its greed-infected wounds, he may not have long to wait. Despite all the technological advances, medical discoveries ...

China could own America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... Economies are still sinking. Perhaps it is now time for the American taxpayers to take control - and pay the CEOs of these former fat cats what they think they're worth. Perhaps the US government should underwrite all and every toxic debt in the system ...

All I want for Christmas is a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... ordinary taxpayers' have to give part of their now non-existent income and drastically reduced wealth to bail-out the former fat cats of Wall Street, they will be lucky to afford half a can of soup. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics non-farm ...

Head or tails?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... voted 'NAY' to the plan's passage are worried about the amount of money that US taxpayers will spend to bail out the (former) fat cats of Wall Street. Imagine a taxpayer ringing his representative asking, 'why is the government asking me to pay for the ...

Good wine, good advice

Hunter Valley may be better known as the haven of award-winning wine but it is also a source of award-winning financial advice. Hunter region-based financial planner Jennifer Leslie has received the Financial Planner of the Year Award at the 2007 Hillross ...