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More bombshells before the recovery

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... recessions, said that the four-letter word to remember this year is "lags": just like the previous recessions, this too shall pass and the unprecedented fiscal boost will mend the economy. "The theme this year is 'whatever it takes'...we will see a 'deep ...

Groundhog Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... problems by creating a negative feedback loop on everything from consumers consuming to investors investing. But this too shall pass. The scale of the global financial crisis - and its reach - is great. But fiscal and monetary medicines have already ...

Darkest before dawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... 'it is always darkest before dawn.' Recessions come... they also go. Our grandfathers survived the Great Depression, so shall we.

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
So it was, so it shall be. The odds - the Dow fell in 12 out of the past 16 US Presidential Inaugurations - have prevailed. Now it's 13 out of 17. The Dow fell by 4.1 per cent and the S&P 500 dropped by 5.3 per cent as Barack Obama is confirmed as the ...

Syncsoft expands team after Superpartners deal

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
Tech company Syncsoft is expanding its team with nine new staff following last year's major contract win with Superpartners. Syncsoft recently finalised an agreement with Superpartners to replace eight software systems with CapitalX. Riding on the back ...

2009: The lost year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... the group would 'do whatever is appropriate to reinforce' positive market sentiment. There you have it, 2009 is in limbo. Shall we all take extended holidays and come back in 2010 when the climate is better? Investors are faced with the $64 million dollar ...

The best forecaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
Those of you who still remember the 'Maestro' - former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan - would also recall one of his musings, the long-term interest rate conundrum. In his testimony before the US Congress in February 2005, Greenspan declared ...

Seesaw Margery Daw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
'See Saw Margery Daw Johnny Wall Street shall have a new master He It shall earn but a penny a day Because he the Fed can't work any faster.' The market giveth and the market taketh away. Isn't it funny how yesterday's big rally on Wall Street was attributed ...

Daily funnies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... alms to include other business concerns. And like Oliver Twist they are asked, "Please sir, I want some more." And they shall have it. The US Federal Reserve started its two-day Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting last night. By this time tomorrow ...

I'll have what she's having

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... is no way out but to solve the problem of today. Matthew 6:34: 'Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.'