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It's more fun in the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... action that determines the headlines these days. But whateva, the fact remains that investors appear to be uncommitted to buy lest Europe blows, the US double-dips, China lands hard, etc. or sell, lest fiscal and monetary authorities produce another ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... levels and 13 other banks were downgraded in moves that may shake up competition among Wall Street's biggest firms." And lest we forget, there's still Greece, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, perhaps soon France and finally Germany. There are rumours ...

Can't fix what's not broken, yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... other half. Yes, Virginia, China et al would wipe our domestic blues away. No need for another dose of interest rate largesse lest we find ourselves drowning in inflation. The domestic mining and resources sector would be happy to read reports that China's ...

Better days are getting happier

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... days are here again The skies above are clear again So, Let's sing a song of cheer again." But, yes, yes, there is a but. Lest I be accused of cherry picking, I now bring you the but. The but. That institution which The Economist magazine says is "perhaps ...

Not so wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... same indication. It increased to 11.6 in December -- the highest level since May -- from 11.5 in the previous month. And lest you forget, the US earnings season is again proving positive for equities with Bank of America reporting Q4 earning of US$0.15 ...

PIGS!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... three-letter marks they assign to governments and institutions still considered the be-all and end-all of investment grading. And lest it escapes you, S&P's warning come just days away from the 8-9 December European summit. Warren Buffet was on to them ...

ASFA: Focus on the positives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
This year's ASFA conference in Brisbane opened in high spirits, despite the last minute cancellation of one of the key note speakers, Dr. Jose-Ramos Horta. The Timor -Leste president was replaced in the opening plenary session by former Liberal Foreign ...

Indigenous Australians offered chance to Clime career ladder

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
Clime Asset Management will welcome an Aboriginal trainee into its business next month, with a view to helping them develop into an investment professional and prompt other firms to follow their lead and change perceptions within the industry. Clime ...

Willing America into a dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... guess it's now up to Big Ben to come up with another plan - a plan to short circuit the market's negative predisposition, lest the financial markets will America into a double dip. Big Ben will be speaking at Jackson Hole this Friday.

Just do it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... share price jumped 10 per cent overnight after it reported a 14 per cent jump in net income in the quarter ended May 2011. Lest you start thinking that this was more due to cost reduction, know that total revenues also increased by 14 per cent. Because ...