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Torturing the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... economic expansions. US retail sales increased by 0.4 per cent in July, better than expectations for a 0.3 per cent rise. How dare it go against a slowdown to double-dip scenario? Burn its right eyeballs. Wait, wait, I confess. The July rise was due ...

Baby steps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
Tiger and the Fed - no not Roger -- were the weekend's biggest news. "I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behaviour," Tiger apologised to the world to try to get normality back into his life - not to mention to get endorsement juices ...

Former COIN Software MD moves to BT

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
Darelle Jenkins, former managing director at COIN Software, has been appointed national manager of AdviserNETgain at BT Financial Group. This announcement comes after Jenkins resigned from COIN in November last year after not taking up a new role as ...

HLB Mann Judd search for Henry clues

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... new regime could be. Although the Treasurer is not giving anything away regarding the outcome of the Henry Review, Jolyon Dare, tax director at HLB Mann Judd in Sydney, reckons the Henry Tax Review will not touch the dividend imputation system. "Henry ...

Damned either way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
You are the definition of moral hazard! These words - delivered by Kentucky Republican Senator Jim Bunning at Ben Bernanke's Senate hearing on his nomination for a second term as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve - perhaps reflects the embodiment of ...

Sell dollars to buy stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
... weak US economy sends the US currency lower that catapults stocks higher. Thud! Thud! Thud! Unless it is pure speculation or dare I say it -- a bubble -- stock markets go up when the economy is humming along nicely. This means consumers are buying what ...

McCabe heads Coin as Jenkins resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Robert McCabe has been appointed head of product and technology for Coin/ Web, following the resignation of Darelle Jenkins as managing director of Coin Software. The head of product and technology structure for different divisions already exists in ...

Coin signs Suncorp Life for three yrs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Coin Software has signed a second three-year agreement with Suncorp Life. Suncorp Life includes Guardian Financial Planning, Cameron Walshe, Suncorp Corporate Agents and Suncorp Bank Financial Planners, which represents over 400 advisers and staff. ...

Our fearful trip is done

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... and his dog factored in good times forever. This is not the case today. We still hear clarion calls, doubts, suspicions and dare I say it again, 'dead cat bounce' calls. The rally in equity markets is not yet commensurate to the amount of liquidity that ...