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A question of trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... in response to relevant information about how things in the economy are tracking relative to policy objectives". Yes Virginia, the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) CPI report for the June quarter has heated up speculations of whether or not the ...

The "old economy" that is Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... yesterday. The heading says it all really: "Apple, Google and Microsoft explain the problem with Australia's sharemarket". Yes Virginia, the mammoths of the tech world have joined in the "bash Australia" crowd. There's something wrong with our share ...

Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel..." -Dusty Springfield Yes Virginia, the more things change... Here we go again, 'twas another deadline - 15 July - another missed deadline on the ever-spinning ...

Still in the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... Spiral Staircase But would it be "...as much as tomorrow"? That's the musical version of "is this a dead cat bounce?" Yes Virginia, I refer to the Shanghai Composite Index which tumbled 5.9% one-day and high jumped 5.8% the next. OlA(C)! OlA(C)! OlA(C)! ...

From Greece's frying pan into China's fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... 5 July referendum. Now we get to 20 July, this is a real deadline for Greece to play or its creditors won't pay. Yes Virginia, it's the same movie we've gone tired of watching. Still, it won't hurt to use protection... just in case. Talkin' 'bout protection ...

Chexit, Checcident and Chimbo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
Chexit, Checcident, Chimbo OlA(C)! OlA(C)! OlA(C)! A$ down... and the RBA didn't even have to lift a finger. Yes Virginia, it didn't happen overnight but it did happen. The A$ broke below US$0.74 (US$0.7398) last night - the first since mid-2009 - despite ...

An ordinary trading day on D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... every other religious sect (almost forever) the sky did not fall on this day as financial markets did 'not' fear. Yes Virginia, did NOT fear. Despite the 'chicken little' headlines, the VIX index - the "fear gauge" - reached a peak reading of only 18.85 ...

Fedcident waiting to happen?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... pass the 11th hour and into the 13th for the "adults" in the "emergency summit" room continue to disagree to agree. Yes Virginia, the Greeks and the troika have exhausted the third of the three scheduled talks this week and still... nada, nil, zilch. ...

Graccident averted (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Hoo-wow! Houston, we had lift-off. Yes Virginia, financial markets from New York to Rio and old London town lifted off while we slept. Equity markets jumped while bond yields dived. These, because on optimism that a Greco-troika deal would be hammered ...

Grexit nears, markets cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
If it weren't serious dineros we're talking about, I would be laughing...seriously. Yes Virginia, Greece is still the word with newswire services reporting that the duelling parties have upped the ante and hardening their stances. Greek PM Tsipras accused ...