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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
The Australian share market has picked up as investors rebound from the sell-off on Monday and a poor start on Tuesday. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said trading at noon on Tuesday looked healthier than it did at the start of the session. ...

Chumbawamba rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... going to keep it down. Only yesterday, I listed the list of crises that supposedly sparked last week's dip and heralds the advent of a more sinister correction in the US equity market. Guess what? Dip buyers only saw the dip and thought it was good and ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
"Plus ASa change, plus c'est la mAame chose!" Pardon my french, Virginia. But nah, I'm not swearing... it's an honest to goodness French phrase that translates to "the more things change, the more they stay the same." This came to my balding head as ...

Technology now about connectivity not just firepower

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... continuation of long term trends that have always confronted the sector, said global financial services technology specialist Advent. Illustrating how far technology has come in just three decades, in 1983 they developed their first portfolio management ...

Calm over Crimea and US houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
Hehe. Excusez-moi s'il vous plait. Pardon my French, Virginia. Some of the headlines made me do it. The headlines that say Wall Street's up because of easing tensions in the Ukraine and... "improving outlook for the biggest economy" (you know who you ...

Of horse trades and the January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
Boyoboyoboy, by the looks of it...we're really in trouble now, real trouble. Nah, not talkin' bout the Fed taking another US$10 billion away, neither that dreadful indication that China is continuing to slow nor renewed deflation fears in the eurozone ...

Reflation, rotation and the taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
'Tis being my final type (drivel, to some gentle readers) for the year, we'll take a look back at the 2013 that was to seek the lessons it imparted and at the same time, divine what lies ahead at the other side of the New Year. Still beaming from the ...

Think Holden, think not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... services. As for the jobs expected to evaporate with the demise of car manufacturing...didn't we expect the worst too with the advent of computers? "Think Holden" (Holden commercial). I think not.

MySuper authorisations creep up to 78

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... Tidswell. Some retail funds such as Australian Ethical Investment, Bendigo Bank and Virgin Super are meanwhile using the advent of MySuper as an opportunity to increase their footprint in this segment of the market. But despite earlier concerns that ...

Biggest weekly drop since and other scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013