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Trichet to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... cropped up since the start of the year. For bondholders who weren't able to exit when the Greek tragedy was playing out, don't worry. There will be other scares to come this year.

Fin services execs rock on for charity

... charity. "Because these charities don't get government funding, we don't want to write a cheque one year and then have them worry about the following year. This helps them from a budgeting perspective," she said. FICAP's board also includes Rachel Griffith ...

RBA mixes its game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... That Australians started paying 0.25 per cent more on their debts starting in December rather than February? But don't' worry. You'll still get your rate rise. "Interest rates to most borrowers nonetheless remain lower than average. If economic conditions ...

No pleasing Mr. Market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
Not happy Jan! Mr. Market still refuses to put on his happy hat. You and I Virginia would have thought that with the big positive developments that has transpired last week, Mr. Market wouldn't be worrying at being happy and Wall Street would at the ...

ASIC power boost could trigger witch-hunts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Some investment experts worry the government's plans to increase ASIC's investigative powers could spark industry witch-hunts. Indy Singh, managing director of Fiducian, said the government has to tread carefully when increasing ASIC's powers and assure ...

Greek tragedy overwhelms Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... bond market vigilantes could do to force fiscal discipline on a country - any country. Greece sinking alone would not be a worry but it becomes a tragedy when it risks taking many of the bigger European Union members down with it. The Financial Times ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... investors sought safety. That sent some commodities prices lower, hurting materials stocks. The S&P report was yet another worry for investors who have been focused on politics, not the economy. The Labor Department said weekly jobless claims fell by ...

Planners forced to rewrite succession plans

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... national manager in technical services at Australian Unity Personal Financial Services, said an increasing number of planners worry about their succession plans, particularly with the Henry and Cooper Reviews, and the Ripoll Inquiry, casting some uncertainty ...

Bonds need a double dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... gained prominence in recent weeks. Particularly if you consider that the US deficit has now ballooned to US$1.4 trillion. The worry is that the US government may need to offer higher yields to continue attracting investors to fund this deficit. Even ...

Stimulexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
Get shorty! Equity markets, commodity markets, corporate bond markets and all other riskier asset markets continue to extend their gains early in 2010. But somehow, the uptrend does not look as convincing as last year's rally. Are markets psyching themselves ...