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A tale of two A's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
We were treated to a tale of two A's over the past 24 hours - Apple and the A dollar. It was the best of times. Apple scripts jumped by 3.1% -- up 26% this year -- after launching its new products into the market. "Apple announced a smartwatch, mobile-payments ...

Call for entries to the 2014 Smileys Social Media Scholarship program

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014

US/EU v Russia's lose-lose is China's win-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... enterprises such as espionage missions, building a bigger, better bomb, national security and anti-propaganda. According to http://www.usgovernmentspending.com, "Defense spending stood at 6.8 percent of GDP at the height of the Reagan defense buildup. ...

Chumbawamba rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... collapse". Perhaps this is because Putin is extending an olive branch to the 'West' - see he's not all bad after all. Perhaps, as http://www.eurasianet.org/ muses, "Moscow prefers the status-quo in Karabakh since it keeps Armenia and Azerbaijan off-balance ...

Slow and steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... Survey shows that they've been tracking sideways since 2011 - the latest data point hasn't changed that! See the chart here: http://www.adpemploymentreport.com/2014/June/NER/NER-June-2014.aspx You'll see same, same when you look at the chart of the annual ...

So good but for the wrong spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... cash had to quick [sic] find a new home away from the Fed" - well, US$188.909 billion to be exact. See it for yourself here: http://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/omo/dmm/temp.cfm?SHOWMORE=TRUE At the end of the day, it's the Fed's money -- the herd just ...

S&P 500: 22 corrections in 6 months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... start of a new quarter," - cherry-picking a list of quarters in history when Wall Street had a big fall. Read them here: http://seekingalpha.com/article/2279573-this-is-when-the-bear-growls. There are many other market players of little faith willing ...

Race among the advice giants: MAX

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
AMP, ANZ Wealth and Commonwealth Bank are the formidable trinity of industry consolidators in financial planning, according to the latest mergers and acquisitions report by Rainmaker. Rainmaker Research has collected data on the mergers and acquisitions ...

Exceeding your MAXpectations

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
As I count down to the final hours before the weekend, my mind is already racing to next Wednesday, when we host our annual forum and awards for sales and marketing professionals in financial services (a.k.a. MAX). MAX is inspired by TED, the widely-lauded ...

May worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... Finanz und Wirtschaft's published interview with former Bank of Internal Settlements' (BIS) chief economist William R. White. (http://www.fuw.ch/article/i-see-speculative-bubbles-like-in-2007/ ) "The first thing I would worry about are asset prices. ...