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A QEasy road ahead for investors

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... that the "overall outlook is for modest growth with heightened volatility." He said that austerity would be the best medicine for the US, because it "on current projections the US will be facing its own sovereign crisis, even though it is many, many ...

Chireland hurdled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... waters of the Atlantic, Ireland may have been dragged to the begging table screaming and shouting, but forced to take its medicine it was. Admitting there's a problem is the first step to a cure. In an interview with RTE - Ireland's state television ...

Fed & RBA on the ball

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... zone we will not survive with the European Union." Hear that? The EU would be no more if Ireland continues to refuse its medicine. For now Ireland continues to sit tight. The government is adamant that its finances are good until mid-2011 - "hopefully" ...

QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... Professionals, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher said, "I asked that the FOMC consider that we might be prescribing the wrong medicine for the ailment from which our economy is suffering. The remedy for what ails the economy is, in my view, in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... commentary was turning increasingly to its potential shortcomings if it had to be activated. Greece must take such harsh medicine to right its economy and finances that some analysts think it politically and socially unworkable, with the debt accord ...

SPAA names award winners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... knowledge of the industry. "Professionalism is an ongoing challenge. If we look at the traditional professions, such as medicine and law, there's a persistence to continually renew their education," he said.

Let them have soup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... European equities tumbled again while we were sleeping. Part of the reason was disappointment that the much-awaited Chinese medicine was not potent enough or was just basically not there. In his speech to China's National People's Congress, Chinese Premier ...

Chinese medicine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... versa. Wall Street et al shook off their convulsion and sprang back to life overnight in response to reports that Chinese medicine is on the way. And almost like a mirror image of their dismal performance earlier in the week, equity and commodity markets ...

Groundhog Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
Today, America and Canada held their annual Groundhog Day festivities to see whether spring would come early or winter will stretch six weeks more. Groundhog Day is rooted in ancient European folklore and purports that if a groundhog emerges from its ...

New CEO for Russell

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... equity, life insurance, general insurance and financial services distribution. Prior to joining McKinsey, Doman worked in medicine, health management and the Australian diplomatic service. In his role at McKinsey & Company, Doman's client assignments ...