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Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... of 2015 (from 1.0% in March) and 2.5% the following year (from 2.25%). Say whaaaat! Sound the alarm, sound the alarm! But nah, Wall Street still rallied last night despite these raised rate forecasts. Perhaps this time, Wall Street remembers Aunt Janet's ...

Wagging the giant doggie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... shaken and stirred the dollar-A - a one two three punch and a kick in the groin would have knocked it off completely. But nah, Virginia... it's still up and is predicted to ascend some more - to parity (maybe US$1.70) - by the time 2014 calls it quits. ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
"Plus ASa change, plus c'est la mAame chose!" Pardon my french, Virginia. But nah, I'm not swearing... it's an honest to goodness French phrase that translates to "the more things change, the more they stay the same." This came to my balding head as ...

FEATURE: Bulldozing the infrastructure roadblocks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
In May, Prime Minister Tony Abbott made good on his promise to be an 'infrastructure prime minister', dedicating billions of dollars to infrastructure development in the budget. But is this enough to get the bulldozers bulldozing? James Fernyhough takes ...

Nothing's good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... in itself). Just imagine how much more 'Made in Australia' there will be to ship when these economies' growth picks up? But nah! Don't rejoice ye Australians all. It's just five minutes of economic sunshine says one 'expert'... again pointing to the ...

In with the old, out with the new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... May from 81.7 in the previous month." Surely, these good stats are good for at least another month more, shouldn't they? But nah, the cheery mood on Wall Street sparked by these good stats were turned around last night. Large caps, small cap, tech stocks ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... Bellamy Brothers sang, "There's a reason for the sunshine sky there's a reason why I'm feeling so high, must be the season..." Nah couldn't be the season, Virginia... it's still May - the season of going away. But there's good news a-plenty that could ...

States urged to recycle infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
The federal government is urging state governments to privatise infrastructure assets, with the creation of a $5 billion 'asset recycling initiative'. For a period of five years, the federal government will use this pool to pay state governments 15% ...

Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
"War, huh, yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothing." - Edwin Starr Nah Virginia, I'm not referring to the one that's feared to erupt soon after pro-Russian rebels in the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk went ahead with the secession referendum ...

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
Nah, I'm not falling for that one again. No mas Virginia! Equity markets closed (to borrow Coles new ad) "down, down, deeper and down" overnight. The headlines have easily pinpointed the cause... "U.S. Stocks Retreat, Treasuries Rally on Ukraine, China" ...