Alan Kohler is one of my favorite Aussie finance commentators. Unfortunately, Business Spectator, where he writes regular columns, is available only through an email list and not through an rss feed.

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Short Selling

Several interesting entries have flowed through my Google Reader account in the past few days. In no particular order: Is this a good time to invest? Should you be making extra year-end superannuation contributions given the current financial climate

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Link Fest

Robert Gottliebson has an interesting article over at Business Spectator about Centro. For those of you who haven’t been following it, Centro is a high profile Australian casualty of the US credit crisis. Centro Properties ( ASX:CNP ) manages retail properties in Australia and the US

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Debt and Corporate Control

I don’t know if you’ve been following the Opes Prime saga, but I think it points out some weaknesses in the current Australian financial system. Alan Kohler, over at Business Spectator has been following this closely, and I recommend his columns. In particular this one about ANZ and how it ended up with more than 20% of several small caps.

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Financial Mayhem