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Digit says recession averted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... this, to me, isn't - not by a long shot. Not when the less volatile four-week moving average of claims remains at 400K - the magic number calculated by economists as that which separates job losses from job improvement. Just think how foolhardy this ...

Coaching tips invigorate adviser roadshow

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
Financial advisers were treated to a magical list, staff empowerment and "I've got the cookie" in a memorable coaching session on how to build an award-winning business at the Association of Financial Advisers national roadshow in Sydney today. Steve ...

You can't handle the truth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... economy slumps by 0.5% this year, equities drop by 15% and banks incur trading losses their holdings of sovereign debts. The magic eight include Banco Pastor, Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo, Banco Grupo Caja3, CatalunyaCaixa, Unnim of Spain, Eurobank ...

QE3 - yes, no, maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... claims fell to 423,250 from 427,000 - it is heading in the right direction but still above the 400K that is regarded as the magic number that would reduce unemployment. Point for QE3. US retail sales inched up by 0.1% in June - better than expectations ...

Knights in shining armour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... be reached. And... and, Sir Ben is there to buy all those additional debts the US Treasury would be issuing and he has a magic weapon -- a printing press that doesn't run out of ink.

Roubini defects

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... they've also missed the doubling in American share prices since March 2009. Follow the money. Yes, the Fed's QE is working its magic. The recovery is getting traction and it's raising optimism. So much so that tensions in the Persian Gulf - usually and ...

Fed & RBA on the ball

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
Phew! That was one hell of a ride wasn't it? Now that our collective heartbeats have calmed down to their resting pace, what now? Well let's see. As far as Ireland goes, it's going... to do something, that is. It's got the weight of Europe plus the ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Decisions, decisions. Wall Street closed higher overnight but why do I get a feeling that there's little conviction behind the move? You'll feel the same way too baby if like many investors these days you're looking at the market's performance since ...

The Cup, the RBA and the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... per cent and 2.3 per cent, respectively, during the quarter. The previous interest rate hikes appear to be working their magic on the economy's pricing dynamics. And don't you forget the Australian dollar's appreciation. It also helped by making the ...

Fees secondary to return: Qantas Super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... overseas. In October last year, Deloitte Actuaries and Consultants reported that super fund fees are below or just above the magic number of "below 1 per cent" industry-wide fees, long advocated by the former super minister Nick Sherry (now the Assistant ...