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A$ down but would it stay down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... exchanges stabilise, and China's economy grows better than many expected, and the Grexit can kicked 3 years further down the road, the A$ falls? Not that I'm complaining... and am sure RBA Gov Glen would too. Gov Glenn would be happier with Black Rock's ...

Australian stocks open lower on China concerns

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
The Australian share market has opened lower after sharp falls in commodity prices on concern about China's turbulent stock market. Iron ore fell 4.6 per cent to $49.70 US a tonne overnight, close to April's 10-year low of $46.70. Nickel fell nine per ...

Stirred but not shaken

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... doom peddled by the headlines financial markets know too well how it will all end - another kick of the can further down the road until it runs out of pavement. The alternative will be too messy for the Eurozone to countenance. Just as it did with the ...

D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... referendum could still be withdrawn or the IMF declares Greece in arrears and not in default or the can is kicked further down the road. But it could also bring even cheaper prices. That's the deal facing investors.

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
As Yogi Berra famously quoted, "it ain't over till it's over." Elvis is still in the building. Optimism over a Greek bailout deal has hit a roadblock (again), prompting financial markets to give up some of the gains made over the past few days. But ...

The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... deal. No siree! This is also because news that the present and pressing Greek problem has been resolved - er, kick down the road once more - brings the Fed's finger on lift-off button closer. Note that the Fed's also watching the unfolding Greek saga. ...

FEATURE: The infrastructure love story

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
Among the 81 findings in the Australian Infrastructure Audit Report released in April, was a statement that said over recent years, rates of public and private investment in infrastructure have been higher than the long-term average. Yet the audit goes ...

Infrastructure allocations up 14% in two years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... business community supports the Federal Government's nation-building vision for Northern Australia and its plan to invest in road and dam infrastructure. "Driving down the costs of operating in the north and making it more attractive for investors and ...

The unborn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... Street Journal (WSJ): "Special summit of eurozone leaders called for Monday". Trust the masters of "kicking the can down the road" to having a kick at 12 o'clock even, 'ey? Now the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker will have all of the weekend ...

Mi problema su problema

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... "crisis' re-emerges, we get this volatility in the financial markets. Each time it ends with a kick of the crisis can down the road, promises and pledges made (on both sides) and then forgotten... until the next time. But this time could be different ...