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Good, bad: all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
For an itsy-bitsy while last week, I feared that the "good is good and bad is good" catchphrase on Wall Street has died and gone to catchphrase heaven. Good news on the US economy became ba-ba-bad to the bones Thursday last week. The S&P 500 index declined ...

Auscoal, AMIST and CGS get MySuper authorisations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... (APRA) taking the total number to 38, but it's still way down on expectations. The new authorisations are AUSCOAL, Australian Meat Industry Superannuation Trust (AMIST) and Commonwealth Group Super. While MySuper authorisations number only 38, the funds ...

Reversal of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... soft data releases - business conditions, consumer sentiment, job ads, Ford Motors job cuts announcement - certainly give meat to predictions for more job losses down the track. But you have to ask yourself, could these experts of the economics profession ...

Big infrastructure underscores China growth

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... interconnectivity provided by infrastructure, is a food tracking system for supermarkets. This allows customers, for example, to scan a meat product to instantly see its source, right down to the individual animal. Banking technology is also in high ...

Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... dropped by 12.1% to 15.60 - they liked what they heard. For unlike his July "whatever it takes" announcement, this one has meat - it has details. "Outright Monetary Transactions will be considered for future cases of EFSF/ESM macroeconomic adjustment ...

Put up or shut up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
Pa-lease stop with these nudge, nudge, wink, wink already -- and ease up on the promises and pledges while you're at it. No, I speak not to you Virginia, but it is to Ben and Mario I direct my displeasure. I've been watching the markets for decades ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... However, this is not all good news. While the ECB's recent announcement would add liquidity to the system, the action provide meat to speculation that European banks have no more good quality assets to pledge as collateral. Reports that Europe's big ...

PIG now officially PIGS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... that many of those who have access to offshore trading stayed away from the barbie (not the plastic one but that contains meat and sausages) and were doing some holiday stock shopping instead. Yes, them -- them who thought they were clever by half. The ...

Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... others are fearful" fame), best forgotten. Just our luck 'ey Virginia, the euro tragedy did a replay last month, giving more meat to that age-old adage on Wall Street to "sell in May, then go away." Investors sold all right. They sold big time and went ...

Good bacteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... record at $44.7 billion. And imports of food products hit a record high of $9.6 billion. Demand for foreign-produced fish, meat, bakery products and wine and beer all rose." Imported fish, meat, bakery products and wine and beer? Sounds to moi like someone's ...