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Breathing space or gasping room?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... bailouts and the troika behind." Really Alexis? Not so according to Irish finance minister Michael Noonan, who told you, I and Irene that, "They're now compromising and compromising quite significantly". I tend to agree. While the financial headlines ...

Beauty in(foreign) beholders' eyes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... different last year when the All Ords brought up the rear (except for the FTSE-100 - down 2.7%). 'twas time when you, I and Irene and the RBA were more hopeful over the outlook for the Australian economy back then. What has changed? What has changed ...

Majority wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... confidence if the rate cut is interpreted as prompted by a gloomier outlook. But I'm done speculating for now... you, I and Irene would have just to wait till this Friday when the RBA explains fully why it did what it did when it did.

So sure it's certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... the house on it - including all its contents (breathing or otherwise) - that four days from now, on 22 January, you, I and Irene would hear the European Central Bank (ECB) announce two letters to the whole wide world. The letters "Q" and "E". No more ...

I'm with Bill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... printed that, "The world economy is on the brink of another recession" and of course, its consequent warning that you, I and Irene should prepare for a global downturn of "Lehmanesque" proportions. I'll take "Lehmanesque" anytime if developed market ...

Oil slide, CEO pay and that "income recession"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... Like I typed in this space not so long ago, Australia is in a confidence recession... for the little guys like you, I and Irene, that is. For there's no lack of confidence at the top. Not only confident would I be, but I'll be twisting and shouting and ...

Bad tidings for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... humbug! The negative news flow and speculations over the past 24 hours would, like ol' Ebenezer Scrooge, make you, I and Irene hate Christmas. While we're still deciding where the floor is on the on-going oil price slide, more bad tidings our way came. ...

Bullish sentiment at 4-year high, expect zero return in six months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... stock price gains over the next six months - surged to 57.2% -- its highest level since December 2010 (the time you, I and Irene were happy if we found some "green shoots" sprouting) and above the long-term average reading of 38.9% -- from an already ...

Rejoice for the A$ has fallen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... Funny how the Australian press negatively spin the story each every time the dollar-A fall a cent or two - making you, I and Irene almost taste the fear with their use of superlatives for "decline". "Plummeted", "nosedived" "plunged" "tumbled" is when ...

Goodbye QE, hello QQE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... trick. Not even a full month before (7 October), in its monetary policy statement, the Japanese central bank told you, I and Irene that, "Japan's economy is expected to continue its moderate recovery trend, and the effects including those of the subsequent ...