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Thanks but no thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... Inflation would erode the already low yields bond investors are getting from US bonds. And yes, there's a plus. The Republican's creaming of the Democrats at the just concluded mid-term elections has heightened the prospect that the Big O would have ...

Politics shape investment choices: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
Investors make some of their investment decisions based on whether they support the political party in power or not, academic research shows. The School of Business finance department from University of Miami released data this month claiming that investors ...

When old news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... that US President Obama signed into law America's healthcare reform bill. But wasn't Wall Street also cheering when Republican Scott Brown won Massachusetts because his victory put this health bill in doubt? Other reports pointed back at Greece for the ...

Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... Massachusetts and we didn't think it was Obama -- although the two aren't mutually exclusive. One begot the other. The Republican's coup in Massachusetts - considered a very safe Democrat stronghold - might have become too loud for US President Obama ...

ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... since mid-December - after rallying by 116 points the day before. The Dow closed at a 15-month high on speculation that Republican Scott Brown would win Massachussetts, giving the GOP the numbers to defeat President Obama's proposed bill overhauling ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... changes to health care. The vote on Tuesday to fill the seat of late Sen Ted Kennedy could shift power in the Senate if Republican Scott Brown wins. That would give Republicans the 41 votes necessary to filibuster Democratic proposals, including the ...

The I word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... the 78 per cent level considered full capacity. Benny Bernanke noted this too when in his written reply to Kentucky Republican Senator Jim "you are the definition of moral hazard" Bunning, he said that, " The bulk of the evidence indicates that resource ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
You are the definition of moral hazard! These words - delivered by Kentucky Republican Senator Jim Bunning at Ben Bernanke's Senate hearing on his nomination for a second term as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve - perhaps reflects the embodiment of ...

Expect the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
Caution removes caution. Just as the G-20 announced their caution in removing the fiscal and monetary crutch until the global economy is walking on its own, the word 'cautiously' in the 'cautiously optimistic' is fast disappearing in many an investment ...

Politics wield power over asset prices

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... next US president, they can dictate asset prices too, according to a study on the performance of Democratic versus Republican fund managers. US-based publication, Advisor Perspectives, this week reported the findings from an academic research paper ...