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Never wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011

Alpha aims to lure planners with flexi gearing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... an annual walkaway option for the investor. If the market were to fall, for example, the investor could walk away with nothing more to pay at the end of the year. The seven-year units and the five-year instalments both have an annual cap of 115 per cent ...

Burned investors drink bitter cup: ASIC

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... losses came from an underlying product that was frozen or collapsed. Most recovered only a few cents in the dollar, or nothing at all, ASIC said. Those burned lost their confidence in the financial system, advisers, the Government and regulators including ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... day plus having an armed guard at all times. No, it's not about him or what his departure from the IMF means. It means nothing for the IMF - except of course, an opportunity has been created for emerging market nations to have a crack at the top post. ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... we have! You witness what happened. The Fed came riding to the rescue armed with US$600 billion worth of QE2. There's nothing holding it back from announcing QE3, especially if economic conditions continue to deteriorate. What about the mounting US deficit ...

Deadline tonight for Trio levy submissions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... the system." Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, said funds who had nothing to do with Trio were being left to pick up part of the tab. The AIST was last week consulting member funds and will make a ...

Equity and commodity alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... close alignment was around 29th October 1910, over 100 years ago. They came vaguely close in 1915, 1955 and 1966, but nothing like as close as they will be in May this year." But nah! Wall Street had been behaving this way since late April (if memory ...

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... Same news different spins -- all because of differing market actions. The sagging earnings that took US equities down. Nothing here really except for Walt Disney missing out on profits analysts expected it to achieve. Walt Disney reported Q2 EPS of US$0.49 ...

A-dollar one-point-seven-o

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... currency's function in restoring equilibrium in the domestic economy. Also, if the GFC has taught us anything, it is that nothing can keep rising (or falling) forever. When most expect they do, then it's the time to sell (or buy). And this goes all the ...

May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... but if the first two May trading days on Wall Street is any guide, investors might be packing up for the entire month. Nothing's really changed in the economic climate between this month and last - only that this month is May. The US economy continues ...