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60 Minutes deception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!" This quotation from Sir Walter Scott first made its way into my psyche during the global financial crisis. I don't think I need to explain the mammoth deception that went on that gave ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... said. "It's not tangible, but you can smell them, and the market is reacting to that. "Quantitative easing will keep the American dollar low-ish, and that is very good for commodities and that is very good for Australia." The heavyweight resources stocks ...

US considers retirement reforms

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
As part of a broader effort to get the US debt position under control, President Obama's deficit commission has proposed raising the retirement age and commencing a serious discussion around increasing retirement savings. It echoes the kind of debate ...

Turkeys, PIGS and Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
While investors had no recourse but to leave Americans at peace to bite heartily into their Thanksgiving turkeys - markets were closed - many were still shooting down European PIGS at the same time that Koreans were shooting down each other. After sending ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... Blue Holdings Ltd and Regional Express Holdings Ltd. Telstra Wholesale group managing director Paul Geason speaks at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia event, and Insurance Australia Group chief executive officer and managing director, Mike ...

CalPERS deploys US$500m into ESG, OTPP buys Chunnel link

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
North American pension funds have been actively pursuing investment opportunities this week, and in typically unconventional fashion. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has invested $500 million into a new internally managed ...

What ifs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
It's Veterans Day holiday in the United States - a day celebrating the signing of the Armistice that brought World War I to its formal end. And as the world celebrated the end of the first world war that happened nine decades and two years ago, the ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Decisions, decisions. Wall Street closed higher overnight but why do I get a feeling that there's little conviction behind the move? You'll feel the same way too baby if like many investors these days you're looking at the market's performance since ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... expected to open firmer on Thursday, as US equities rebound in afternoon trade on signs of a slow improvement in the American labour market. On the ASX24 at 0615 AEDT, the December share price index contract was 25 points higher at 4,741 points. In economics ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
There just ain't no pleasing Mr. Market. No siree! The biggest and most powerful central bank in the world gave them lots and lots of play money to play with and now... this is all we get. Wall Street stalled despite last week's news that the US Federal ...