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Snakes and ladders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... 2.8 per cent for three years. Purchase a similar US bond and you get only 0.8 per cent. Shows that investors will buy anything at the right price, doesn't it? And why not, when they're compensated - or at least, they think that they're compensated - ...

Birth of the iPad adviser

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... guru turned business strategist who first poached the idea to Synchron, said people are jumping online to do just about anything, so why not do the same when seeking advice? A self-confessed technophile, Harrison said financial planners can run their ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... govern. "The materials and financials were probably the worst hit, but it is largely due to general malaise rather than anything specific," Mr Taylor said. Wall Street was down overnight amid fears about European debt issues, and this was weighing on ...

GFC not over, but opportunities abundant: TRG

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... suggestions China could be facing a repeat of the boom and bust Japan suffered in the 1980's. "I think it's unlikely. If anything, the US is moving into Japanese-style territory in the last two decades. They don't want to seem to take the pain and restructure ...

Which way USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... to second quarter growth but imports subtracted a whopping 2.1 per cent. Think of it this way, if America didn't buy anything from other countries, the economy would have scored growth of 4.5 per cent in the June quarter. But in so doing, it's also helping ...

Mandatory trustee pay disclosure draws debate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... organisation that have a long track record of being low cost, outperform the market generally, and rarely get in the paper, for anything else other than the fact that they've outperformed the market," he said. "On the other side of the financial institutions ...

House call

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... financial institutions still holding securities tied to mortgages tied to housing. All will be well. But did you notice anything strange about these positive extrapolations. It is based on a single month's number. A number that is the second lowest on ...

Stress test stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... all trying to decipher every word that came forth out of their mouths, or putting words in their mouths. I can't add anything more. But I found this piece by comedian Rod Quantock on The Age website for which I wholeheartedly agree: "A seminal hour in ...

Infrastructure mandates tough for super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... Tunnel, which did not attract the expected level of use and whose operator Connector Motorways went into receivership was anything to go by, good investment opportunities are rare. "It'd be nice if super funds in Australia could get a reasonable return ...

Bad news bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... releases. You guessed it! It was another down day on Wall Street overnight as Murphy's Law made its presence felt. "If anything could go wrong, it will!" Or is it the current financial market version of the Law, "If anything could go wrong, it will. ...