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Poor standard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Hey, what just happened? Isn't the US at risk losing its AAA credit rating... or not? It's only been two days since Standard & Poor's issued that grim warning and now, look ma, Wall Street's back and with a vengeance. Please pardon my gloating but I ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... below the December 2007 peak. The grizzlies want you to ignore the fact that US employment had been trending higher. They reckon that employment growth had been too slow 1.5 years into recovery. Really? It's easy to believe this hollow claim given the ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... throw everything they've got - the putter along with the ball. Great expectations beget great disappointment. This is why I reckon that it was the Fed that leaked the story to the WSJ. Speculation as to the size of QE2 has become so exponentially silly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... Bank Ltd releases its third quarter trading statement. Full year results are due from Bradken Ltd and Cochlear Ltd, while Reckon Ltd, AACo and Alumina issue first half results. In Sydney, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Graeme ...

Wall Street takes a dive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
Just as Queensland boxer Paul Briggs gave up too easily after Danny Green grazed his forehead 29 seconds in the first round of their IBO cruiserweight world title showdown last night, so it was for Wall Street. No Virginia, it didn't take as short as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... Macquarie Group Ltd is expected to post an operational update. Full year results are due from Australand Property Group, Reckon Ltd and Alumina Ltd, first half results are scheduled from David Jones Ltd, Cochlear Ltd, and Bradken Ltd, and Optus parent ...

Alternatives by any other name

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
Cerulli Associates has released new research that sharpens the definition of alternative investments, giving some fresh insight for investors that have long struggled with assessing the category The Boston-based firm consulted the US finance district ...

HLB Mann Judd search for Henry clues

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
While investors will have to wait a while before they find out what the tax system changes are following the Henry Review, a leading tax expert takes a stab at what the new regime could be. Although the Treasurer is not giving anything away regarding ...

AXA pushes into Romanian life market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
AXA has entered the Romanian life insurance market by purchasing Omniasig Life, which represents $18 million in premiums. Launched in 1997, Omniasig Life sells protection products that are sold through a network of 1,400 life agents. The purchase is ...

US reform tightens net on big firms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
The US House of Representatives has given government regulators more power to clamp down on "too big to fail" firms that threaten economic instability. Voters have given the green light to a bill to rein in firms seen as "too big to fail", according ...