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Big Ben brings in the heavy guns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... reached way back on 9 October 2007. Gold and silver and oil rose. So did US Treasuries. All because Big Ben did a Super Mario - not only in the QE sense but also in assuring the world that he'll do "whatever it takes", in his case, until there is "broad-based ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... Coal and BHP are reportedly sacking 600 and 300, respectively. Times like these, we again need all hands on deck. Super Mario has done it, PM Wen is doing it, Pres Lee's onto it, PM Noda's about to do it, our dear Glen might do more. Your turn Big Be ...

Ben's turn to be super

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... find out whether or not dear Uncle Ben would be donning a cape and wearing his underwear outside his pants and do a Super Mario. Most financial marketeers were convinced he talked about it last month at Jackson Hole, will he now walk his talk -- ala ...

Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
"We have just taken a very important decision, it is a fully effective backstop for removing the tail risk of Europe." With these words, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi put a stop to months of speculation, hearsays and guesswork. Mario ...

No change - no mas, no less

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... one and all that Draghi meant it when he delivered his "whatever it takes" speech last month. From then on he'll be Super Mario to me. But what happens if the ECB does nothing? Will financial markets again give him the benefit of the doubt like they ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... was even more unexpected as it came at the first policy meeting chaired by new ECB chief Mario Draghi - known as 'Super Mario' in his native Italy for his self-assured record. The gloomy and increasingly uncertain backdrop of Greece in turmoil over its ...
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