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The Fed did it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... on me." (Bee Gees) And so it came to pass. A day after the Fed pandered to the market's whims, the joke was on the market. True to script, it sold off instead of rejoicing. The Fed's actions just confirmed its worst fears - the sky is falling! Now every ...

AUSCOAL Super chief wins award

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... where my mouth was and believed that unions should have a better go and give a bit more value to members." Watson stayed true to this goal and since becoming the chief at AUSCOAL, the fund has won several accolades including 'the most successful private ...

Stress test stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... a,-30 billion markets were expecting. But as they say (to this day, I still don't know who "they" is), if it's too good to be true, it must be... too good to be true. It must be! Reports show that the stress tests conducted by the CEBS was not stressful ...

Contra confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... beat market expectations. But you have to hand it to the markets when they're on the look out for an excuse to sell. And in true, classic "search and thou shalt find" form, they found it. Eureka! Bottom line earnings result may be better than expected ...

New-found optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... the last week of May from 3.4 per cent previously. What happened then? Wall Street et al continued to slide. The same is true with last night's US initial jobless claims. According to reports Wall Street had another good night because initial claims ...

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... table and the wife, of course. But the point here is that there's now an actual number that's going to be published in the true state of the European banking system - not incessant extrapolations to zero value. See what a little honesty and transparency ...

Don't limit adviser choice: Synchron

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... start. "As always, adviser demand will push us to add more product as required. We thought we would test the water as to the true level of interest in SMAs versus managed funds," he said.

To spend or not to spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... engender -- maybe not on financial markets as we've seen over the past few months -- but on real economic agents. This is true for so long as debt is used for productive pursuits. It will be interesting to see how the G-20 navigates through this dilemma. ...

Retirees brush off volatility to hold equities long term

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... harbour an irrational bias toward shares. "This may imply that there is a role for planners to educate retiree clients on the true extent of market risk and its potential to undermine their investment objectives around income certainty and capital preservation," ...

Stimulate and die

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... Committee overnight -- "We have a recovery under way now" and that he doesn't believe that a double-dip is likely. But like any true-blooded central banker, he has to hedge his bet. When pressed further on the fate of the economy, he replied, "I make ...