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Waiting to exhale 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... G-20 is mulling a US$600 billion lending program for Europe through the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Just as quickly, CNBC's Steve Liesman twittered that, "Imf official denies 600b aid rumor." And where would we be without the prevailing talk of ...

Rewarding wishful thinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... done in the member states. There is a sense of urgency among ministers and we need to move on." "Shared view" my butt. Is CNBC making up stories then when it reported that, "Finance ministers from the 27 European Union countries spent several hours discussing ...

All eyes on Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... rumours that littered the previous day's gossip mills proved to be lies - pure, simple, damned lies. There is no truth in the CNBC report quoting an unnamed EU official saying that a plan to leverage the EFSF - up to eight times - recapitalise banks ...

Hope trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... together measures to help ease the region's debt crisis." Notice the common denominator? Yes, it's hope! It all began when CNBC quoted an unnamed EU official saying that a plan to leverage the EFSF up to eight times, recapitalise banks and issue Euro ...

Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... too dovish enough. More so when President of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank Richard Fisher announced at an interview on CNBC that he would oppose any suggestion at QE3. I'm not so sure for I've learnt from history. If at all, the dissents and arguments ...

Roubini defects

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... beat when Dr. Gloom and Doom himself raises the white flag. Yes, Virginia, this is no bull (pun definitely intended), in a CNBC interview, Dr. Nouriel Roubini announced his tranformation into a bull. "I think tactically for the next few months equities ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... to fall moving forward (thanks Julia for making this phrase unhip), why don't we try historical precedence? The folks at CNBC cite a research by Standard & Poor's that observed, "a bad January often portends a poor full-year return, but when that bad ...

Just a typical pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... Wall Street appears to be sliding. This gave me some time to review my US economic and financial market history, prodded by CNBC's interview with former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on the 1st of July. This is what the Maestro had to say ...

Silver lining

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... abound. Some with substance - Greek default - others, plainly fear monger - euro will disappear. And speaking of the euro, CNBC reported overnight that the Iranian central bank announced that it plans to sell 45 billion euros from its foreign exchange ...

Detox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... than meets the eye. Plenty of fodder for the doom and gloomers ain't it? Dr. Nouriel Roubini is back in fashion again. In a CNBC interview on 20 May, he warned of another 20 per cent sell-off in the financial markets in the next few months. And in the ...