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Lucky in so many ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... relative to income, are in the pack of comparable countries" and the US "seems the outlier." "Arrears remain low and if anything have been edging down over the past year. That in turn is not altogether surprising given that debt servicing burdens have ...

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... running by 1 July? That was 10 days ago? But then, given their history on this two-year debt saga, you wouldn't expect anything less from the Germans, would you? There was also bad news out of America. While Alcoa beat earnings estimates, those that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... Index dealer Kara Ordway said falls on local markets were inevitable following the poor jobs result in the US. "Without anything significant coming out over the weekend it was really a follow through from that," Ms Ordway said. "Lot of stock sells have ...

Tell that to the marines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... This was a saying I picked up in high school when I was doing my compulsory military service. The marines don't believe anything, they don't ask why, they simply do or die. This quip came to mind as I surf cyberspace for bloggers' divine guidance on ...

Scope for super participation in TPD education

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... Mesothelioma or work cover claims who had failed to realise they were covered by insurance within super. "If we hadn't said anything they wouldn't have got a dollar," Tutungi said. "What often happens is people might get a letter [from their super fund] ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... market over the next few days due to the end of financial year and continuing problems in Europe. "I'm not expecting anything before June 30 and in Europe there's still a lot of work that has to be done with the European stabilisation fund to shore up ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... watch grass grow in winter. After having been through that episode, governments and central bankers will do something, anything and everything to prevent a repeat of this painful history.

Is this the crisis moment?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... be -- a gabfest -- like the others before it. Therefore, hoping and wishing and praying for something that resembles anything like a concrete and concerted policy response from Europe would simply be just that - hoping and wishing and praying. All pie ...

Premium China expands distribution team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... of advisers are looking for yield, absolute return and bonds. But in this environment you don't just want to be buying anything and selling everything with a 1% commission if it goes against best interests. "We need to get people to understand the risks," ...

PIG now officially PIGS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... already lost track of how many times European authorities have done this over the past three years - announce something, anything, when the going gets tough and work out the details later. Haven't they still learnt that the devil is in the details? So ...