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Mexican standoff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012

There's the good news and there's the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... overriding investment theme for this year, it's that, good news is good and bad news is good. Good news means that the global recovery is proceeding as expected - or perhaps, better than. Bad news means more stimulation until the bad become good. Good ...

Wow on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... 8.2%-8.5%. It predicts inflation to remain within its target, with prices to rise by 1.9%-2.0% this year. All good. The recovery is recovering. Hip, hip... So you don't get no, no more stimulation. For Ben's a jolly good fella. But because "strains in ...

No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... downdraft unsettling enough to prompt the FOMC into QE action or would they see these surprises as hardly surprising and the recovery is proceeding just as everybody expected all along - that is, with a few bumps along the way.

Dickens on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... the worst of times is yet to come. Still looks like a win-win for Wall Street to me. The Fed's committed to making the recovery stick. And so are all other government and central bank authorities around the world. Simply because it is in no one's best ...

Best friends forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... because it'll set the good ship QE3 sailing. Remember, what we said just a few days ago? It's a win-win for equity markets. Recovery strengthens. Equities win. Recovery falters. Equities still win because Fed does another QE. And this time, our BFF Ben ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... Stockbroking director Richard Morrow said the lacklustre start to the day was likely to continue following a moderate recovery in the United States. "It's an unenthusiastic start for the day," Mr Morrow said. "There's a lack of fresh news to move our ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... billion -- the largest in more than a decade -- as it felt the ripples from the debt crisis in Europe and the stuttering recovery in the United States. The results, while downbeat, increased market hopes that Beijing would introduce fresh stimulus measures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... billion -- the largest in more than a decade -- as it felt the ripples from the debt crisis in Europe and the stuttering recovery in the United States. The results, while downbeat, increased market hopes that Beijing would introduce fresh stimulus measures ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... week's disappointing jobs report showed a slowdown in hiring that raised concerns about the strength of the economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell one per cent, as Wall Street got its first chance to react to the government's labour ...