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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 ...

China's mean regression

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... S&P 500 and the Russell 2000 closed 0.2% and 0.1% lower. No one wants to jump in or out before Aunt Janet tells you, I and Irene for sure that QE's done but more importantly, what happens next. While we wait... and wish and hope and pray (not long now) ...

Volatile like its 2011

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... reading of 31.06 while we slept.A That's the highest case of the jitters since November 2011. That was the time you, I and Irene were concerned over the probability of a break up in the single currency area and, at the time, the looming recession there ...

Un-taper re-reflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... by US$10 billion each month over the past seven months, the US central bank was still adding fresh mints for you, I and Irene to play with. This month, the last remaining manna from the Fed would be no more - if things go according to plan. However ...

Seesaw on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... produced Wall Street's saw while we slept. For now Virginia, the Fed has admitted - in black and white - what you, I and Irene knew all along, that whatever they decide on could come back to bite them on their collective behinds and... ultimately, Uncle ...