A super split does not divide the paddockBY TROY ARMSTRONG | THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026 5:16PM A settlement can be even to the last dollar and still leave one side unable to live on what they were given because nobody stopped to ask which half.
 The good, the bad and the whateverThere's good news to stir the animal spirits among the bulls, bad news to keep the bears on the pounce and news we can classify as 'whatever' to keep ... S.O.S"So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me S. O. S. The love you gave me, nothing else can save me S. O. S. When you're gone How can I even try ... Carbon blast from the GST pastWe've witnessed the same arguments -- pros and cons, winners and losers - and scares before, during and after the GST (goods and services tax) was introduced ... European authorities will blinkIt's got the euro in its hands. It's got the whole world in its hands. No-bull bull market"I get knocked down But I get up again You're never going to keep me down..."-- Chumbawamba Snakes and laddersThe three days that straddled Labor Day on 'The Street' provided a perfect specimen of investors' one data point to the next data point existence. |
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