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Unknown unknowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
"Beware the ides of March." I thought I wasn't going to get to use this phrase as some form of metaphor for financial market behaviour this month. There were concerns over escalating price of oil due to tensions in the Middle East and Africa, there ...

Hooray it's Oprah day

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... difference between expenditure on outbound versus inbound tourism. It follows the now infamous $180 million "where the bloody hell are you" advertising campaign that has since left many careers in ruins. The irony in this latest campaign is however that ...

Fed & RBA on the ball

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
Phew! That was one hell of a ride wasn't it? Now that our collective heartbeats have calmed down to their resting pace, what now? Well let's see. As far as Ireland goes, it's going... to do something, that is. It's got the weight of Europe plus the ...

End the factions: Shorten

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... boost possible. "If 12 percent is indeed delivered, as we intend, the size of your funds management pie is about to get a hell of a lot bigger. In return I think it is only fair that the industry comes to the party on the other reforms. "Step back from ...

Cheap talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... with complex models to show these inter-linkages -- the more complex the model, the more believable the result. What the hell for? We all know that competitive devaluations end in tears. And when the IMF releases the result - that country A's policy ...

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... go bankrupt, how many Chinese workers will lose their jobs, and how many migrant workers will return to the countryside". Hell may freeze over and pigs can fly, but China will orevalue its currency only when it is in its best interest to do so. Here ...

Europeans flock to Asian stocks

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... keen on the opportunities that are there," he continued. "The interesting thing is that a lot of them are positioned with a hell of a lot of cash still... but they are definitely looking to invest now." Urquhart outlined a number of opportunities available ...

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... end because US consumer confidence had fallen sharply... because employment is not growing fast enough? Where the bloody hell were they? But I discovered that just as employment is a lagging indicator, US retail spending led consumer confidence in the ...

Detox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
"I get knocked down But I get up again You're never going to keep me down." - Chumbawamba Phew! That was one hell of a ride wasn't it? You know what I'm talking about. Correct! Last week's financial market ups, downs, twists and turns. Five days of ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... Mohamed El-Erian, America may be the "cleanest dirty shirt" in the closet. What does this mean going forward? Well, it sure as hell dispels worries that foreigners would stop lending to America for one. US interest rates would remain low for longer. ...