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en Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:58:00 GMT Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:58:00 GMT info@benkaiser.net info@benkaiser.net http://www.benkaiser.net/userimages/user1718_1164775015.jpg http://www.benkaiser.net/ http://www.benkaiser.net/marchhiatus/ The writer is currently on a hiatus. Will be back as soon as possible. Sorry for the inconvenience. http://www.benkaiser.net/marchhiatus/#comments http://www.benkaiser.net/marchhiatus/ Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:58:00 GMT http://www.benkaiser.net/throwdice/ Enters the second month of 2008, the markets rose. ASX S&P 200 benchmark index closed the first day of February 3.41% higher. Sounds good but..... "Our market is over-reacting one... http://www.benkaiser.net/throwdice/#comments http://www.benkaiser.net/throwdice/ Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:59:00 GMT http://www.benkaiser.net/doubledown/ Folks, following the latest updates below what do you think will happen to the Australian sharemarket tomorrow? From Bloomberg: 1: UBS Reports Record Loss After $14 Billion Writedown (Update3) UBS... http://www.benkaiser.net/doubledown/#comments http://www.benkaiser.net/doubledown/ Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:19:00 GMT http://www.benkaiser.net/cashisking/ As long as the interest rate is higher than the inflation rate or simply, a positive real rate, shifting your investments into income assets such as term deposits would be... http://www.benkaiser.net/cashisking/#comments http://www.benkaiser.net/cashisking/ Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:23:00 GMT http://www.benkaiser.net/inflationandchina/ Still riding on the back of a 'looming' US recession, the local market fell marginally today. The ASX S&P 200 benchmark index shed 0.7% at closing. Now the question is... http://www.benkaiser.net/inflationandchina/#comments http://www.benkaiser.net/inflationandchina/ Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:30:00 GMT http://www.benkaiser.net/gosteady/ If 2007 was a year associated with extremes than 2008 will be a year of moderation and taking it easy as believed by some. The prediction game using Chinese astrology... http://www.benkaiser.net/gosteady/#comments http://www.benkaiser.net/gosteady/ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:26:00 GMT http://www.benkaiser.net/subjectivevalue/ Sharemarkets worldwide today plunged on the fear of a possible recession in the US based on negative employment data. The Australian ASX S&P 200 benchmark index fell by 2% welcoming... http://www.benkaiser.net/subjectivevalue/#comments http://www.benkaiser.net/subjectivevalue/ Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:09:00 GMT http://www.benkaiser.net/2008fengshui/ It is a fact when we know we can determine an outcome using scientific method and one that can be rigorously tested. The point is that it is not some... http://www.benkaiser.net/2008fengshui/#comments http://www.benkaiser.net/2008fengshui/ Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:50:00 GMT http://www.benkaiser.net/realwork/ We shall remember 24th November of 2007 as a day Australia began a new chapter in history. Finally John Howard is gone and enters Kevin Rudd. The campaign did not... http://www.benkaiser.net/realwork/#comments http://www.benkaiser.net/realwork/ Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:48:00 GMT http://www.benkaiser.net/sorryhiatus/ It has been more than a month since the site was last updated and I hereby offer my sincere apologies to all readers for the lack of scribbles througout the... http://www.benkaiser.net/sorryhiatus/#comments http://www.benkaiser.net/sorryhiatus/ Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:45:00 GMT http://www.benkaiser.net/fantasyornot/ Ignorance is bliss. Not so if you are in the sharemarket, especially so when comparing active funds to a benchmark index. Most of the time from casual comparison to academic... http://www.benkaiser.net/fantasyornot/#comments http://www.benkaiser.net/fantasyornot/ Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:37:00 GMT http://www.benkaiser.net/recessionsigns/ As per New York Times, by Floyd Norris: Double Warning That a Recession May Be on the Way 'The employment statistics and the bond market are combining to send out... http://www.benkaiser.net/recessionsigns/#comments http://www.benkaiser.net/recessionsigns/ Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:57:00 GMT http://www.benkaiser.net/confidencefalls/ With less than four months to go before rolling into 2008, what lies for the year ahead? For a start, investor confidence for one year range ahead dived in line... http://www.benkaiser.net/confidencefalls/#comments http://www.benkaiser.net/confidencefalls/ Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:21:00 GMT http://www.benkaiser.net/sharemarket-recession-sp500/ As the local market closes ahead of the US and European markets, sentiment was relatively good with the media highlighting an 'ease in credit fears', and then only to be... http://www.benkaiser.net/sharemarket-recession-sp500/#comments http://www.benkaiser.net/sharemarket-recession-sp500/ Sun, 09 Sep 2007 09:02:00 GMT http://www.benkaiser.net/augustreflection/ August ended with the markets finishing higher, in the midst of a severe volatility dictated by emotions and sentiments swinging like a pendulum clock. The ASX S&P 200 benchmark index... http://www.benkaiser.net/augustreflection/#comments http://www.benkaiser.net/augustreflection/ Sun, 02 Sep 2007 06:17:00 GMT