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Uncertainly certain RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... optimism over the further signs of a rebound in the world's second biggest economy prevailed. And then I woke up. The Euro Stoxx-50's 1.3% rally became a mere 0.3% uptick at the close while the S&P 500 went from a plus 0.5% to a minus 0.5%. This is because ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... week or more. Huh? From the time Steen published his prediction (20 Dec 2011) to its lowest point last June, the DJ Euro Stoxx index lost only 5.5%. 3 A yet-unannounced candidate takes the White House. Who? 5 Basel III and regulation force 50 bank nationalisations ...

QE3, OMT, APP equals D-U-D?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012

It's raining, it's pouring good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... equity markets around the world going on the up and up. The S&P 500 closed by more than 1% higher last night, the DJ Euro Stoxx-50 ended 2.53% higher (topped by a 3.41% jump in Spanish stocks), the FTSE-100 gained 1.1% and Japan's Nikkei-225 index finished ...

Waiting to digest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... into the stratosphere. Let's have a look at the evidence. Ten days after the ECB unveiled OMTs last 6 September, the DJ Stoxx 600 index has gained just 1.0% -- since the German court's approval of the ESM on the 12th, up 0.6%. Since the Fed's QE announcement ...

Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... Transactions" (OMT). Gauging from the markets' reaction - the S&P 500 soared to its highest level since January 2008; the Stoxx 50 jumped by 3.4% (Spanish shares up 4.9% and Italians up 4.35); Yields on 10-year Spanish and Italian bonds sank by 38 bps ...

No change - no mas, no less

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... timeframe, the S&P 500 has gained 10.6%; the Nikkei's up 10.3%, the FTSE-100's up 11.4%; the All Ords' up 9.4% and the Euro Stoxx's up... wait for it, 18.1%. Shoulda? Woulda? Coulda? Those that want to be sure their capital's returned have to console ...

If not now, when?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... dangled in front of our noses by the Fed and the most especially, Signor Draghi. The S&P 500 fell by 0.7% and the DJ Euro Stoxx 50 closed 3% lower overnight led by a 5.2% sell-off in Spanish equities and a 4.6% drop in Italian shares. Similarly, Spanish ...

Believe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... whatever it takes to preserve the euro... believe me, it will be enough." Financial markets did. They believed him. The DJ Euro Stoxx 50 surged by 4.3% while we were sleeping, led by a 6.1% spike in Spanish stocks and a 5.6% jump in Italian shares. Wall ...

Two cuts and a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012