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Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... bad news tour around the world Virginia, starting from our very own land DownUnder. If you're watching carefully, you'll notice that recent eco releases out of Australia had been disappointing at best. Retail spending fell by a lower-than-expected 0.5 ...

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Rising inflation. Sagging earnings. Sliding oil price. They were the culprits! They sucker punched Wall Street down to its knees while we were sleeping. No Virginia, not again. Don't tell me that just days after the "no one can deny" good news brought ...

Up, down or sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
1.00,1.03,1.05,1.08,1.10,1.20 - no these are not random numbers. These are the numbers marking the Australian dollar's recorded fresh - and fresher - after-float highs against its big brother, the US dollar. The last time I wrote about the value of ...

Accountants scope FOFA for opportunities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... financial advisers will have to adhere too. "The introduction of a two-year 'opt-in' requirement and an annual disclosure notice will ensure that the relationship between a financial planner and a client remains transparent and importantly, encourages ...

Opposition attacks opt-in concession

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms rather than every year as originally proposed. Advisers will be required to send a renewal notice at least 30 days before the two-yearly renewal date outlining the fee paid previously, a description of the services received ...

Unshaken and unstirred

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... area of Japan ravaged by disaster a month ago, seismologists said, prompting a local tsunami alert." Yet, you would hardly notice it from the reaction of equity markets that were trading at the time of the incident. What's another aftershock anyway? ...

RBA worries not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
Bad now, better later. Domestic growth will take a hit short-term but " there will be a mild boost to demand from the rebuilding efforts as they get under way." Inflation will spike in the March quarter because "Production losses due to weather are ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... ignored spreading unrest in the Middle East and some disappointing US housing data. Local investors had not taken much notice of the resignation of the prime minister of Portugal after parliament rejected an austerity plan and pressure rose for Portugal ...

Pain sans hysteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... panic. The MSCI World Equities Index closed the week of high volatility only 2.6 per cent lighter while you would hardly notice that something near-apocalyptic was afoot looking at the week's 0.71 per cent decline in the MSCI's index for emerging equity ...

SG war far from over

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... be retired by then." But for Reynolds, the main argument is that the increase will be gradual and businesses will hardly notice the increase in employee costs while benefiting from the lift in investment activity, albeit it will be small. She said the ...