Exactly a year ago last week the Australian All Ordinaries Index hit a low of 3,111.
It then rose 55.3 per cent in seven months to 4,830 and since then it's held that level - last Friday it close at 4,831.
These are strange times for investing; it feels like anything could happen - well, perhaps anything except another 55 per cent rise. More
The real deal
The head of the CSIRO, Dr Megan Clark has come out in defence of climate scientists. More
The right focus
Let's hope cricket headlines will focus on the game, not Lara Bingle, this week. More
Panicked reaction
In regards to the criminal justice system, our political leaders are heading in exactly the wrong direction. More
Just like a painting, you have to stare a while to see what's happening in politics. More
Did Australia hava a better relationship with Indonesia when it was a dictatorship? More
Michael Clarke has come under fire for leaving the NZ tour to be with his fiancee. More
Kevin Rudd's comments as a father, on bullying, have struck a chord with voters. More
Unemployment. It is one of the most watched, and perhaps least understood, economic figures. More
Is it worth having workers' retirement savings put at risk, and traded at the mercy of the market? More
Two of the world's oldest civilisations are facing serious financial troubles. More
I am a pretty committed voter for one party, but the pandering to religion from both sides is disturbing. Especially the press conferences in front of church.
Michelle, on Painting a picture of politics (via story comment)
Hmmm, it seems as though the real issue is where the funds taken from education have gone... Health has remained static as a proportion of the total budget but education has dropped significantly, so where did all that funding go?
Hubert, on The education devolution (via story comment)
Abbott's new tax isn't a tax, it is an "investment in human capital".
Richard Dawkins hammers home what he sees as his key argument against the existence of God.
Smoke billows over Little Grove, near Albany, WA on March 13, 2010.
Should the Government commission a population target inquiry?
Our reaction to Lara Bingle exposes us as Victorian throwbacks, says David Burchell in The Australian.
"Bingle may or may not be a ditz. But by treating her as such, merely because she has become a token in our great sexual roundabout of desire and disapproval, we make even bigger ditzes of ourselves."
The New York Times says a new report on the Lehman collapse reminds us of the crying need for adult supervision of Wall Street.
"The surviving banks have only gotten bigger and more politically powerful. If the Valukas report is not a wake-up call, what would be?"
The Sydney Morning Herald's Paul Sheehan says the world has become an economically unstable place, with enormous unresolved issues.
"Australia's economy is fundamentally sound, but the global economy is fundamentally unsound. Even a good boat can be swamped by a bad sea..."
A rare warning from the Chinese Premier that the world could return to recession should be heeded closely, writes Robert Gottliebsen in the Business Spectator.
"We will need to watch the curbs on Chinese local government work. And if the Chinese do pull back, Australia will bear a lot of the short term pain."
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Russian translator Pyotr Patruchev escaped the Soviet Union by swimming to Turkey.
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My experience is that the longer a flat market exists the lower the risk.
Peter Cass, on Strange times for investing (via story comment)