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"Considerable time", is it a-changin'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... month's FOMC meeting... or not? The currency markets think 'or not', thereby sending the US dollar higher and higher. As per Reuters, "The dollar index.DXY, which measures the greenback against a basket of major currencies, was last down 0.08 percent ...

Skaffold targets SMSF with latest hire

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... visuals that clients can understand. It's entirely automated and updated daily using information sourced through Thomson Reuters.

China's winning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... Investors are happy, no more worries, no more tears, no more geo-political risks, there are only humanitarian missions. Reuters even printed that "NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen warned of a "high probability" that Russia, using the guise of a humanitarian ...

Humanitarian you, humanitarian me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... found religion. Well, not quite. It's all about reports of Russia de-escalating tensions in Ukraine. Hapeee! CNBC cites "Reuters, citing Russia's Interfax, reported that Russia had ended military exercises near the Ukrainian border" and soldiers are ...

Tit-for-tats and all that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... went away since Crimea, the markets just chose to ignore him and his tats for the 'West' tits. Speaking of tit for tats, Reuters reports that "Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev threatened on Tuesday to retaliate for the grounding of a subsidiary ...

Chumbawamba rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... third-largest oil producer and the only route for Caspian energy to western markets that bypasses Russia" while as per Reuters, the country is "host to oil majors including BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil". Think what Putin could do if, like Crimea, he decides ...

Punishing Putin (harder)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... looking to increase its investment in Russia and invested $1.4 billion in a partnership with the Russian Sollis in 2011." Reuters lists other US companies "active in Russia": Chevron Corp, General Electric Co, Caterpillar Inc, John Deere, Mars, Cargill ...

A BRICS R5 Bank is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... following an exodus of capital from emerging markets last year, triggered by the scaling back of U.S. monetary stimulus," says Reuters. "The bank will begin with a subscribed capital of $50 billion divided equally between its five founders, with an initial ...

S&P 500: 22 corrections in 6 months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... Frederick - "managing director of active trading and derivatives for Charles Schwab in Austin, Texas" - interview with Reuters underscores the market's sentiment each and every time Wall Street gets another leg up and over its previous high. "I'm expecting ...

7.5% in black and white

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... or take a few percentage points, China's on track for 7.5% growth this year. And this is reflected in recent forecasts. Reuters' poll of forecasters conducted two months ago predicted China growth of 7.3% this year and more recently, the World Bank ...