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Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
"War, huh, yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothing." - Edwin Starr Nah Virginia, I'm not referring to the one that's feared to erupt soon after pro-Russian rebels in the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk went ahead with the secession referendum ...

Promises promises and broken promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... weren't Virginia, not even your uncle and his dog, when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced that it was doing nothing - it left the official cash rate steady at 2.5%. While the RBA mostly stuck to the commentary template it has used over the ...

Bored to zzz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... words into this space to try and put reason to what I think the market thinks the Board thinks it would do. They would do nothing - at least, not this month. Not until they know for sure how tight the Federal May Budget would be. I don't even want to ...

ECB to stay in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... effectively with the risks of a too-prolonged period of low inflation." While the bounce back in measured inflation in April is nothing to write home to momma about, it certainly eases pressure on the ECB to do what the Fed's currently unwinding and ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... "considerable" time. You, I and Irene very much expected the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) decision last night, there was nothing new. It's measured taper as she goes: "... the Committee decided to make a further measured reduction in the pace ...

Legal action on cards as FWC denies FSC requests

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... appointed himself to the Expert Panel and is now using that as a defence on why a hearing cannot occur. "This process does nothing but continue the status quo of the union-backed industry funds' monopoly on the default superannuation market," Brogden ...

Japan's 1997 deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... portent for spending and by extension, the economy. The BOJ Board meets tomorrow. Expectations are for them Board to do nothing while they continue to observe the effects of the consumption tax hike. But even if they do, methinks the rush implementation ...

May worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... discretionary stocks once again that first succumbed to the downside. And as we progress through the early parts of 2014, it is if nothing else notable that since early March, the broader market has held its ground near new highs while both small caps ...

Super fund custody 'fee holidays' revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... three or four years where the first one and a half or two years of the fund administration or custody have been done for nothing." In particular, Citi has seen a huge surge in market share, boosted most notably by the acquisition of $14 billion-and-growing ...

A 1987-style crash cometh (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... Fed to slow the pace of asset purchases.... and in case of real trouble, maybe even increase purchases again. There's nothing stopping the Fed from doing so - especially if it looks like a 1987-style crash our way comes.