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When everything went wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
Pick your poison. There's a "Murphy's Law" event for every bear to choose from to shatter all hopes, prayers and wishes. Thanksgiving? No, thanks! As Mr. Murphy famously said, "If something can go wrong, it will!" It sure the heck did over the past ...

Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
Everything's turning up daisies one more time. Oh yeah, oh yeah. Hate to say this but... didn't I tell you it would? That the Irish problem, like Greece's and Dubai's, would go away - or at least relegated till the next European debt scare when financial ...

ASIC cracks down on CFD trading

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... statements are another barrier for investors in understanding key information. "It is crucial this information has everything retail investors need to make an informed decision, including spelling out the very significant risks of CFD investment," he ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... the ball flew... along with the putter. This is perhaps what the financial markets are expecting of the Fed. To throw everything they've got - the putter along with the ball. Great expectations beget great disappointment. This is why I reckon that it ...

Bad, bad day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... fall since early August. This wasn't supposed to happen. QE2 is coming, it's almost a done deal, it would make right everything that's wrong. Or so the financial markets thought! A barrage of bad news drowned market euphoria over QE2. There was bad news ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... spending more, banks will start lending more, businesses will start investing more - in shops, equipment and labour - everything wrong would be righted again! Oh yes, yes, yo! That is if you and I and our third grade child believe that other leaders ...

Mistaken identity on term deposits

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... more an issue of lost interest, than lost capital." "But I really doubt that you would find too many advisers putting everything of their clients into a term deposits. It's all about balance for the client and their portfolio, if a term deposit is right ...

Birth of the iPad adviser

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... their business more efficiently through an iPad because of the mobile nature of their work. An iPad enables them to do everything they can do on a laptop, and more. "It is the first of the mobile devices that allows immediate access to company mainframes ...

Fearing September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... a self-fulfilling prophecy. But again, let me stress that while the financial media are having a field day blowing everything out of negative proportions, the underlying macro trend remains one of recovery. For sure economic indicators have weakened ...

Legal risks pose social media stumbling blocks

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... director of endgame communications said the hurdles investment providers face from a social media perspective include everything from legal issues, getting through to the IT department and ignorance within the financial services and fear of what social ...