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Bear killer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... actually had a very stellar record' in forecasting recessions." - IMF." At least, there's still fast-growing China. Oops, sorry looks like I spoke too soon, blue moon. In his October 'Gloom, Boom and Doom report, Marc Faber talked about gloom, doom and ...

Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... down into poverty alley only three years ago. Worse, they've given these credit-rating agencies renewed credibility. Oh, sorry I meant to say most investors. Certainly Lucy Nobbe, vice-president of the brokerage arm of US investment bank Wedbush, was ...

DC theatrics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
Sorry folks, no matter how sick you and I already are of watching Washington's game of chicken, it remains the main game in town. If you believe the headlines, Wall Street dropped big time last night because the players are still waiting for the other ...

Other play factors

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
What's the final deal going to be? Will they, won't they? Sorry Virginia, not talking about the grand theatrics that is the US debt ceiling negotiations this time. Today, I refer these questions to our very own Reserve Bank of the Advance Australia ...

Sunny side up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... around the world finished with weekly gains. But if you think that this reversal of fortune is all because of Greece, I'm sorry to disappoint you. For while the Greeks received breathing space (again), bond market trading shows financial markets still ...

VIX says no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... is tightening and Australian Prime Minister Gillard's approval rating plummets to an all-time low - lower than Caesar's, sorry I mean Kevin, before the political stabbing. Everything that could go wrong seemed to have gone wrong. I was hoping to wake ...

U-G-L-Y

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... May. That may do. The UK did when it reported a disappointing first quarter real GDP report. So did Japan and Australia. Sorry bro' no can do this too. It wouldn't wash because the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics left no room for spins ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... it all for the Eurozone. Speculation abounds because last year's 110 billion lifeline wasn't enough. There's default (oh, sorry that's too negative a word - they call it restructuring) speculation. There's "out of the Eurozone" speculation. And last ...

Desert storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... the GFC and Europe's debt crisis, authorities would not sit idly by and wait for Armageddon. Not only because they feel sorry for the Libyans or the Egyptians or the Tunisians... but because of self-preservation. At this point, I call to the stand... ...

When good is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... boosted by the Fed's QEs. With growth up, QE could be reduced or, pray not yet, withdrawn. What happens to risk assets then? Sorry... but I don't subscribe to this bearcrap. What happens to risk assets is that their gains would become more sustainable ...