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Seesaw Margery Daw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... quarter's score and onwards. And given October's experience, it is not looking good. The Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's (FSIU) investigation shows that the stock market reaches bottom halfway into a recession (the NBER definition). But we won't ...

Daily funnies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... downtrend, equity prices remain weak and global growth is failing. At the start of October, the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) postulated that the Fed would soon follow in the footsteps of the Bank of Japan and implement a zero interest ...

This too shall pass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... first and third quarters of 2001 but not in two consecutive quarters.' Investigation by the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) revealed that the US has suffered nine recessions since 1950. Of these, only five (55 per cent) fitted the 'rule of ...

Period of cleansing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... Unless one or two governments or central banks somewhere commits a major policy blunder, the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) believes that the sell-off in the equity markets may have reached critical mass. In previous reports, the FSIU remarked ...

Sober and sombre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... implemented will take time to filter through into the economy. We conclude by repeating the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's (FSIU) words in yesterday's daily commentary. 'A global economic recession still needs to be played out in order to weed ...

Depression no more?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... advance begs the question, have the markets ended their downtrend? Over the past few days, the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) has been saying that the psychology of extreme pessimism may be close to its limits. That more measures will eventually ...

Online rush for gold

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... resale in that it may not be a tradable commodity in the global marketplace. According to the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU), the future of gold as a defensive asset is bright. The recent rally started in 2003 as China and India in particular ...

Online drill for gold

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... resale in that it may not be a tradable commodity in the global marketplace. According to the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU), the future of gold as a defensive asset is bright. The recent rally started in 2003 as China and India in particular ...

Central Banks must unite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... have to implement a Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) this time. But all may not be lost. The Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's (FSIU) research shows that the S&P 500 index dropped a total of 33.5 per cent from its peak during the stockmarket crash ...

Fed on Zero Interest Rate Policy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... opportunities, myopically focusing on the passage of the US$700 billion rescue package, the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) warned that the 'Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008' would not be able to prevent the looming recession ...