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Forecasting foibles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
My forecasts are gloomier than yours! The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has joined the fray of gloomier international forecasters. The World Bank (WB) started to get glum at the start of the year, quickly followed by the ...

Treasure for trash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
Here comes the meat! US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner finally served up the meat to his 10 February bail-out barbecue fizzler. And the market saw that it was good. Equity markets around the world rallied following the unveiling of the details ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to rise after US stocks surged on the government's plan to help banks remove bad assets from their books and a report that showed existing home sales rose in the US. At 0736 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Go for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
The US Federal Reserve's announcement that it is releasing freshly minted greenbacks worth US$1.25 trillion to rescue the convulsing economy threatens the return of high inflation when the current global financial crisis is but a painful memory. Inflation ...

Main Street versus Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
Wall Street jumped again overnight but Main Street's mood has turned from nervous insouciance to outright outrage. Hip, hip, hurray! Wall Street greeted St. Patrick's Day with a 3.2 per cent rally in the S&P 500, a 2.5 per cent jump in the Dow and the ...

AFA hits back at fee-for-service report

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... analysing five real life Industry Fund Financial Planning (IFFP) case studies. Rice Warner then analysed the Statement of Advice (SoA) output from these five case studies to measure the cost of advice and the benefits if the advice was followed. In November ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
In a weekend interview on ABC Television, US National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers said "We'll see what happens" and "We'll do what's necessary." This is one of the reasons why I've turned. For once, I believe the powers that be. There ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open stronger due to gains on Wall Street and European markets, as well as signs a $US780 billion ($A1.19 trillion) stimulus package will be approved in the US. At 0759 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open in the red following heavy falls on Wall Street. At 0814 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 96 points lower at 3,420. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Polaris buys SEEC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... services industry, meaning firms can update their legacy systems cheaper. Both firms specialise in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) software which is used to enhance the performance of legacy systems. The deal also means Polaris will gain access to ...