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Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
It was another day on the financial markets, another one of those happy days. Yes Virginia, commodity markets are up, equity markets are up - even for those recently credit rating snipped Eurozone bourses - and bond yields are lower - even for those ...

2011: hits and misses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
Well this is it folks, my last piece for the Year 2011 - the year most of us would like to forget. And for my finale, I'd like to take you back to the beginning. At the start of 2011, I wrote: "If you think 2010 was a challenging year, early indications ...

Tell someone who cares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
Tell someone who cares! There were reports out while we slept that could have been blamed for the equity markets returning some of the gains made during yesterday's rally but somehow they didn't have the same spook they had even only a week ago. There ...

Half-filled empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go." Oh yes Virginia, happy days have come back. Wall Street's up, Europe's up, Asia and Australia are up and up. Scan through the headlines and you get the impression that though all remains ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... Workshop 2011 and the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases construction work data for September. In equities news, Virgin Blue Holdings and IOOF Holdings Ltd both are due to hold their annual general meetings on Wednesday. In Australia, the market ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... again after it grounded its fleet over the weekend during a bitter industrial dispute with unions. Shares in rival airline Virgin Blue were flat at 37.5 cents. In other news, the federal government will have to clear another hurdle on its mining tax ...

Market Wrap- Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... morning, Fair Work Australia ordered a halt to the industrial action taken by three unions against the airline. Rival airline Virgin Blue rose 2.5 cents, or 6.94 per cent, to 38.5 cents. Travel agent Flight Centre descended 13 cents to $19.84. Mr Peacock ...

Fixville here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
"Betcha by golly wow You're the one that I've been waiting for..." -Stylistics Hear ye, hear ye, the Europeans have reached an accord - and financial markets liked the sound of that. Major European equity indices soared between 2.9% (FTSE-100) and 6.3 ...

Finsia announces award winners

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... Charles, director of Credit Suisse. The award for most outstanding young professional went to Matt Baxby, managing director, Virgin Money Australia. A special posthumous award was given to David Clarke, former head of Macquarie Bank, for his outstanding ...

Somethin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... "has never issued a false alarm." Well, as I like to say, there's a first time for everything. This might just be ECRI's virgin moment. Somethin' good is suggested by the last US payrolls report that showed increased by 103,000 in September - better ...