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'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Call it what you will -- 'patient panic' or 'patient party' - the fact is all and sundry dropped what they were doing to hear (or not hear), read (or not read) the word 'patient' from the Fed. It's there no more... with "not impatient" taking over its ...

"Patient" is the (key)word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... say this... and add that... remove reference to... but emphasise... Blah, blah, blah. At the end of the day, the latest round of data releases speaks for themselves. Unless, the Fed sees them differently, what I've seen thus far is data shouting that ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... meeting. Wall Street provided a negative lead again despite an upbeat report on the state of the US economy and another round of healthy private-sector jobs growth. Hong Kong sank 1.11 per cent, or 272.43 points to 24,193.04 and Shanghai lost 0.95 per ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell modestly following a new estimate of fourth-quarter US economic growth that came in better than expected. At 0815 AEDT on Monday, the share price index futures contract was up four ...

Advisers need to spell out actual retirement outcomes

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
Clients need to understand what kind of retirement income their superannuation savings will allow, according to NAB Wealth general manager of retirement solutions Andrew Barnett. Speaking at the MLC Investment Trends 2014 Retirement Income Report roundtable ...

In the archives: Mavis Robertson on the importance of more women on boards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
When it comes to appointing more women in senior management, super funds have done far better than listed companies, but given the talent pool left untapped, trustees can do more to fix the gender gap within their ranks. Back in 2010, Financial Standard ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index added 5.43 (0.11 per cent) at 4,899.27. US stocks opened lower after the latest round of talks between Greece and the eurozone over restructuring its bailout ended abruptly Monday without agreement. However ...

Grexit not Greek to Brits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
No deal! This is the latest news on the Greek bail out talks, and onwards until the next bluff we go... until the 11th hour when ultimately Greece and its creditors suddenly become lovey-dovey once more holding hands while kicking the can down the road ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
It's raining jobs...A hallelujah... it's raining jobs! Yes Virginia, I'm sure that you too are excited (and you can't hide it) seeing the latest instalment of the US non-farm payrolls report that showed most measures up. It was all up for the US labour ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... 1.1% in November. Imports rose 2.2% in December following a 1.8% gain in the previous month. And this was before the latest round of "surprises" - monetary policy easing by the central banks of Australia, India, Singapore, China, Peru, Turkey, Russia ...