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Bad news is good news is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... would not fix that. The problem the US finds itself where it is now is because of those anti-Keynesian idiots and them who worry too much about budget deficits. There is no question that living beyond anybody's means is no good - even for the government ...

Bad hair day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
There were snippets of good news overnight although on the whole, they were just that -snippets. Bad news dominated the headlines. There was more of the same confusing data out of America. Jobless claims rose by 12,000 in the week ending 18 September ...

Russell upgrades insurance

NEWS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
Russell Investments rolled out a series of technology upgrades and new insurance solutions, which the company said would help address Australia's 'she'll be right' attitude towards insurance. The upgrades will be applied to the Russell SuperSolution ...

Watching the A$ watch the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... shall stay at 0-0.25 per cent. And since this is a boring exercise for financial markets, they have to find something to worry about. Found one! Investors have turned to speculating whether or not the Fed would announce more quantitative easing measures. ...

Yen sunk but not for long

BENJAMIN ONG IS FINANCIAL STANDARD'S DAILY COLUMNIST ON THE ECONOMY  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010

Fortune cookie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
... Europe's - misfortunes are overshadowing Australia's good fortune. While authorities in the US, Japan and Europe continue to worry over how to make the fledgling recovery in their domestic economies stick, Australia's growth has returned to its long-term ...

Planes, trains & automobiles and the bush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... their policy? Now back to Uncle Sam. Shovel ready. Those worrying about the 121,000 government jobs lost in August should worry no more. President Obama will provide... and more. Yes he can! President Obama announced a US$50 billion spending programme ...

One report, two spins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... higher spending begets higher sales begets higher profits begets higher employment begets higher aggregate income? Isn't the worry that US consumers - the ones that make up 70 per cent of the economy - would be reluctant to shop that has created this ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Local markets have received strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with heavy falls on Wall Street, oil falling below $US75, and metals, too generally lower. Only gold futures rose. At 0717 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

Wall Street takes a dive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
Just as Queensland boxer Paul Briggs gave up too easily after Danny Green grazed his forehead 29 seconds in the first round of their IBO cruiserweight world title showdown last night, so it was for Wall Street. No Virginia, it didn't take as short as ...