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Midwinter voted the planners choice

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... particular pride in our growth in the market because most of our clients make a conscious decision to buy the software, it isn't mandated a lot by dealer groups, which I think puts it in a favourable light," Julian Plummer, managing director, Midwinter ...

A penny saved could spark a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... Austerity'. How many times did our parents tried to hammer into our thick skulls the virtue of "saving for a rainy day" ? But isn't 'now' that rainy day? That other Ben - Benjamin Franklin - immortalised the adage that, "A penny saved, is a penny earned." ...

Digit says recession averted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... Wonderful! Hip, hip. The US recession risk is no more! I'll take any positive rationale as long as it is rational. But this, to me, isn't - not by a long shot. Not when the less volatile four-week moving average of claims remains at 400K - the magic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... to 2,492.68. It was the US markets' second recovery this week, after Tuesday's jump to overcome a big loss on Monday. "This isn't a volatile equity market. It is an extremely volatile equity market," said Patrick O'Hare of Briefing.com. "The massive ...

Goodbye or good buy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... from its 2011 peak of US$113.93 back in April. The price of food, industrial metals and other raw materials had also fallen. Isn't this one of the major concerns for weakening consumption in the US economy? Just as rising commodity prices eroded disposable ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... I had softened the blow with a couple of cognacs, when a buddy alerted me about the news alert on his iPod. Yes, sad life isn't it? Not one to readily accept what is twittered, I logged onto Standard & Poor's website and sure enough, it was there. " ...

It's a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... the announcement. It stated that the USA should be able to keep its AAA "even if the nation's $14.3 trillion borrowing limit isn't raised by Tuesday's deadline" (Bloomberg) - echoing Standard & Poor's statement issued days before. Yes, they were the ...

Complicating the simple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... That statement may be too extreme but just think of the economic and financial market carnage that's sure to follow if a deal isn't reached by Tuesday next week. But as we Australians say, "she'll be right mate." The US bond market agrees. Yields of ...

Adviser fee structures hit the spotlight

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... know a Generation Y," he said. "They pay $80 a week for a personal trainer, 50 weeks a year." "They will pay for advice." It isn't about the fee you charge but how you collect it, he said. If you deliver the price too soon the client will make a decision ...

They will deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
The twisting and shouting we witnessed on Wall Street the previous day - with most other financial markets singing "joy to the world" - died down overnight. To be sure, the DJ's didn't turned off the music - they just changed the tune from hip hop ...