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Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... year. May's disappointing US employment numbers may have just given Uncle Sam another bullet to hit the RBA - or Donald Trump? - with... maybe. Whether our good uncle does or doesn't is beside the point - he can cry if he wants to - the point is after ...

RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... zig when most others zagged? Or the upcoming 2 July Federal elections (but this was called over the weekend)? Or Donald Trump becoming the presumptive Republican nominee? It's none of the above. It is the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) surprise (well ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... nothing much in April that we've not seen before, or to use Donald's - Rumsfeld (the former US defense secretary) not the Trump - they are "known knowns". Because of this, I'm tempted to speculate that it's the calendar... it's May -- the month of the ...

August angst to September mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
For a while there last week, it seemed the financial market storm has come and gone... and it was safe to go back into the risk waters. Financial markets are again in upheaval and fear is once more on the rise - the VIX index spiked 10.5% overnight ...

Labor demands to see Treasury papers on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... considering super tax concessions, before he was rolled by a Prime Minister who decided that political opportunism should trump good policy. "It is no surprise that Treasury provided such advice, as the Treasury Secretary has been on the public record ...

Fund manager fees too high: David Neal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
Investment management fees are too high and if they remain unchecked then fund managers will find clients moving management capabilities in house or search for cheaper options. That's according to Future Fund managing director David Neal, who made the ...

Greece in crisis (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
Sit down, buckle up and hang on. Houston, we don't have a problem... we now have a crisis (yet again). More precisely, a replay of the Greek debt crisis. Just have a look at some of the headlines this morning: "Stocks all over the world are dropping ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher, following strong gains on Wall Street. At 0653 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 39 points at 5,726. The S&P 500 in the US rose to a fresh record close, led by strong ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after US stocks barrelled to fresh records following China's surprise interest-rate cut. At 0751 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 52 points at 5,360. The People's Bank ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on US and European bourses amid escalating tensions between the West and Russia, and talk of possible military action by the US. At 0830 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures ...