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Carpe Diem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
Dow 10,000! So now...tell me...how do you put a negative spin on that? Not when Annie's tomorrow becomes today. "The sun'll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow There'll be sun!" Tomorrow's taken a year to come, but it has come. The ...

Liquidity flow versus trade flow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
There is no mistaking that in the battle between the bulls and the bears, the thundering herd of male cows have got the upper hand over the past six months. Investor sentiment has changed from fearing being in the market to dreading missing out. Despite ...

The long and short of bulls and bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
Yesterday, I engaged in ping-pong with three of the fresh thinkers in the investment industry. Email ping-pong, that is. Discussions of Stella (the beer), cognacs and cigars aside, D.R. Beare - not his real name - opened serve with an email bagging ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Wall Street has been on a holding pattern over the past three trading sessions. It's waiting...waiting...waiting. Waiting for what? Wall Street waits for the Fed's verdict on monetary policy. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) begins its two-day ...

U V W X Y Z

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
What's this? We're back into discussing the alphabet soup of the coming recovery? Would the global economy's recovery take the shape of a V? Will it be a U or a W? My oh my Virginia, I'm getting tired and very ill with all these discussions. For me ...

Bullish bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... the first. The global financial crisis, it seems, was no match for central planning's carrot - US$585 billion stimulus package -- and stick - Beijing asked banks to lend and companies to invest, or else. Expectations are for growth of 9 per cent in the ...

Pengana Asian Equities up 20pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
Pengana's Asian Equities Long Short fund gained 22.5 per cent, net of fees, in the year to June against its benchmark's loss of 6.1 per cent - proof that even in the worst of times, fund managers that make the smart calls can deliver. Not many fund ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... cent, to 18,378.73. The market posted a 28 per cent rise in the first six months of the year, as China's huge stimulus package attracted foreign investors. WELLINGTON - Shares limped to a quiet close to mark the end of the financial quarter, despite ...

Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
Be scared...be very scared. Yes, the spooks were out again overnight, sending many investors out of Wall Street. Have the bulls been sucked in? Have the bulls become greater fools? While we were sleeping, the S&P 500 tumbled by 3.1 per cent, taking ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after significant falls on Wall Street and in Europe as profit-taking hit commodity-based stocks. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 58 points lower ...