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Greece still matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
Market action over the past few days brought home one realisation - Greece still matters. The sell on 'no swap' buy on 'swap' trades made this all the more apparent. Yes, Virgie, we can close our eyes, ears and noses and pretend that it's been banished ...

Waiting for the midnight hour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
It's now exactly one hour to midnight in Brussels as I write this and so far all we have is wishing and hoping and praying that all those seated around the negotiating table Yes Virginia, there's still no news out on whether the EU finmins did or didn't ...

Another lonely night

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
"Only the lonely (Dum dum dum, dummy doo wah) Know the way I feel tonight (Ooh yay, yay, yay, yeah) Only the lonely (Dum dum dum, dumdy doo wah) Know this feeling ain't right (Dum dum dum, dumdy doo wah)" - Roy Orbison It was another lonely day for ...

Instos embrace low volatility equity portfolios

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
Low-volatility equity portfolios may be the answer to some institutional investor prayers, according to AllianceBernstein's head of quantitative research, with strength in downside protection balanced with trending upward markets. Kent Hargis, AllianceBernstein's ...

Boing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... and the disruption to supply-chains in the aftermath of Japan's 11 March disaster. Now we sit back and wish and hope and pray that tonight's official US non-farm payrolls report confirm the positive indications from last night's positive job stats and ...

U-G-L-Y

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... in the 1930s depression, the jobless rate surged to 25 per cent. The Fed still has Q3 as an option - and hope and wish and pray that it'll be third time lucky. It'd better hope and wish and pray real hard for I don't think financial markets would tolerate ...

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Rising inflation. Sagging earnings. Sliding oil price. They were the culprits! They sucker punched Wall Street down to its knees while we were sleeping. No Virginia, not again. Don't tell me that just days after the "no one can deny" good news brought ...

Japan shall overcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... Emperor Akihito made a rare - very rare - appearance on TV addressing his people. "We don't know the number of victims, but I pray that every single person can be saved... I am deeply concerned about the nuclear situation and hope it will be resolved." ...

The day the earth moved

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
Floods, cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis, what will Mommy Nature unleash next? By now you've surely read or heard about the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Japan on 11 March 2011 and is still wreaking havoc on the world's third biggest economy. The ...

When good is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... maybe not. Equity and commodity markets have thus far been boosted by the Fed's QEs. With growth up, QE could be reduced or, pray not yet, withdrawn. What happens to risk assets then? Sorry... but I don't subscribe to this bearcrap. What happens to risk ...