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World peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... to buy it could help those who no longer couldn't borrow and are tightening their belts. Has the G-20 Summit achieved anything? I'd like to think so... if only in explicitly stating what is currently in train and perhaps an indirect way of asking the ...

PM Gillard makes wealth reforms more likely

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... government reforms is the senate, the chamber through which the government has been so far unable to successfully negotiate anything that didn't have either the full support of the cross-benches or partial support from the Opposition. It is this impasse ...

Moody's cries boo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... our money. Even if we take for granted that credit rating agencies still have a speck of credibility in them, was there anything new with Moody's announcement? And...it's a little too late, ain't it? Here's Bloomberg's news story. "Benchmark indexes ...

The future according to Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... because the employment report showed that the US economy created lesser jobs than expected in May. But it's all good. Anything that could short-circuit the cycle of fear in the financial markets should be welcomed with open arms. As I've written yesterday ...

Aviva Investors mines Asia for mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... recognised for is what we dig out of the ground, that's the reason behind the resources trust," he said. "Japan is keen for anything that provides high yield but they're also keen on real estate and sustainability. The Middle East wants real estate investments ...

Gold is hip again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... full-blown Global Sovereign Crisis. De ja vu. Just like a movie re-run at the height of Global Financial Crisis -- when anything that could go wrong did - financial markets are again subscribing to Murphy's Law. After a collective shout of hallelujah ...

Simple tax is too taxing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... stumble. Fool! Hey, I heard that. But weren't a few also branded fools just before the GFC? Remember Murphy's Law, "if anything can go wrong, it will." What happens then? Can the government of the day still afford to cut taxes? Could the tall poppies ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... Westpac was down 48 cents at $27.70 and Macquarie Group had fallen $1.45, 2.81 per cent, to $50.14. "We just don't have anything pointing in our favour today," Ms Saly said. "Investors are not even keen to put money into defensive stocks, like Telstr ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... to 988.44. The Nikkei's relative strength index (RSI) has fallen as low as 60 after rising to a high of 76 last week. Anything from 70 and above is considered overbought. HONG KONG - Profit-taking and fresh doubts over the eurozone bailout for debt-ridden ...

Kill chicken, scare monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... have pleaded not guilty. Maybe they weren't. Stern Hu and Co knows that the entire international community cannot do anything in retaliation to China. Australia cannot do anything. All that Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith could say in response ...