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The Fed, the ECB and the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... get to see QE3. Oh shucks! And Europe? Only yesterday, I wrote that monetary and fiscal authorities would do something, anything - just as they did in the past - should conditions there deteriorate. It hasn't deteriorated that much yet but almost in ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... it'll set monetary and fiscal authorities on red alert and the law of self-preservation says that they will do something, anything - just as they did in the past many times over. Of course, it's better to have organic growth than one reliant on constant ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... 4,300," Mr Burrell said. "The Dow went through 13,000 last night. So, if they continue to hold that, and we don't get anything out of Europe that comes out of left field, then I think we might see a bit more risk-on in the market, which would be positive ...

Good bacteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... debt swap deal is in doubt and zagging when it ultimately went through - at the 11th hour as it has always been with anything to do with Greece. The uncertainty hit a high point Tuesday last week, pulling the DJ Euro Stoxx index down by 3.4% - its biggest ...

German FM defends Euro

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... 'Euro-crisis' is convenient but misleading," he said. Dr Westerwelle implied that ditching the Euro wouldn't achieve anything as the Euro is in anycase just as stable as the Deutsche Mark with very comparable inflation rates. "There is no good future ...

Extending the extended extension

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... extend the extension suggests that the biggest central bank in the world is on the case, that it's doing something - anything and everything - to ensure that the current global malady is ended and reversed. To see how the Fed announcement stoked confidence ...

Forecasts shmorecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... on the headlines, the DJ Stoxx-50 Index had already been coming off their intra-day lows. Did the scary headline did anything? If it did, it wasn't evident in the index's reaction. The Stoxx-50 index continued with its march higher before closing by ...

New Count chief talks products

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... inorganic growth with no real plans for further acquisitions outside Count. "If it wasn't Count, it wasn't going to be anything as we wanted their exact business model. Our challenge is to maintain Count's business model but provide better services and ...

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... another plan in the works. I just hope that the Europeans have by now learnt their lesson and this time deliver something - anything - to keep that boulder from rolling back down the mountain. We can discuss the pros, the cons and the whatnots of "the ...

Tell someone who cares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... without economies heading toward more convergence" of fiscal policies. There's Fraulein Merkel expected to insist on "anything" but an expanded role for the European Central Bank. Yes Virginia. There were the same issues which only weeks before created ...