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A tall tale of a good story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... decidedly moved up to around the 80 reading level since mid-year 2013 from 65 in 2012 to mid-2013 and 55 from 2009 to 2012. But nah, the headlines won't tell you that - it gets in the way of a good story... at least for today. The real good story is ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a mixed performance on Wall Street. At 0900 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up six points at 5,369. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac-Melbourne ...

Of horse trades and the January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
Boyoboyoboy, by the looks of it...we're really in trouble now, real trouble. Nah, not talkin' bout the Fed taking another US$10 billion away, neither that dreadful indication that China is continuing to slow nor renewed deflation fears in the eurozone ...

Roast Turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... lending rate by 550 basis points to 10.0% from 4.5% and the overnight borrowing rate by 450 basis points to 8.0% from 3.5%. Nah, they're no typos, they're really three digit basis point lifts in a single day! The result was immediate. The Turkish lira ...

Japan's coming April fools' day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014

It's good, it's bad, it's faked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014

Irish luck unlocked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014

What's luck got to do with it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

WA govt plans string of infra asset sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
The Western Australia (WA) government is planning to sell a number of infrastructure assets, as part of a recycling strategy similar to that employed by the New South Wales government. Addressing an auditorium full of superannuation delegates in Perth ...

Time to be fearful?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... be wishing he was Chinese Premier Li Kequiang instead where he can dictate outcomes, any outcome...or heads will roll. But nah...the United States of America is a democracy and it's the gerrymandered majority that rules. While the Big O's Democratic ...