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The majority is wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... the de facto tightening in monetary setting resulting form the high dollar A. And with inflation on the ease, there's nothing to prevent it from clicking on the rate cut button. These rationales are all rational. You can lead the RBA to water but you ...

Cutting super tax breaks unwise: SPAA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... a system so skewed towards high-income earners could go a long way to lift overall levels of savings. Current rules do nothing to ease the growing gap between the rich and poor," said the Senator. "Tax breaks on superannuation cost the budget $30 billion ...

Waiting for the RBA to dance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... Australia will again lower the official cash rate by another 25 basis points to an even (Glenn) Steven(s) 4.0% today. For nothing much has changed since the RBA Board last met in December. "...changed behaviour by households and the high exchange rate ...

Planners must return to strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... down on excessively complex financial plans and instead apply a five-step process driven by the client's own needs and nothing more, especially not product sales, with a holistic approach generally requiring more than what one product or service can ...

China on course for slowdown, not landing: Fidelity

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... morning," said Howitt. "These days it feels a bit more like an ugly contest...how are people going to get to retirement, nothing is looking particularly attractive." Howitt also said the yield on bonds "might not get you where you need to go". "Certainly ...

Don't be fooled by strong AUD

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... economic initiative. "We cannot equate a strong currency to a successful economy. It is not the case," said Bennett. "Nothing matters more then the comparisons of the Australian economy to other OECD nations and within our region in Asia, we are an embarrassment." ...

Stirrings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... is it just me or is the fear index starting to stir once more? There must be another summit underway in Europe. There's nothing like the smell of a European summit to scare the bejeesus out of financial markets. The VIX index spiked to a high of 20.33 ...

Not so wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... and Greece is reportedly closing in on a deal with private creditors for a voluntary debt swap. Perhaps there's really nothing wrong with financial markets behaving the way they've been after all. ================================== The Sydney breakfast ...

Wagging the dog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... last night's press release, it was not significantly different from November's statement. The Fed's FOMC meeting produced nothing - no action, no movement, no plan. The fed funds rate stays at 0-0.25% -- and will stay there till mid-2013 - Operation ...

Nothing new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... do make do without a GPS today. This means that we'll be running around like headless turkeys. And it doesn't help that nothing has changed over the past 24 hours. It's the same old, same old. Crisis in Europe. Fraulein Merkel remains adamant on her ...