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Fear and thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
Blame it on the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in America. Financial markets are running around like headless Turkeys trying to find the nearest exit away from the oven. There was heavy selling on Wall Street overnight and then... buy backs. At lot of ...

Chireland hurdled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... and the amount of fresh funding that would be required amounts to only a,-3.5 billion, not the a,-30 billion financial markets were factoring in at the time. Noticed anything? No Ireland! It was good. It had already been implementing deficit reduction ...

Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... problem, like Greece's and Dubai's, would go away - or at least relegated till the next European debt scare when financial markets (or should I say the bears in the financial markets) have nada to justify their gloom. That China's tightened many, many ...

When Irish eyes are frowning

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... are positioned very cautiously. There is potential for contagion, and not just into Spain, but more broadly in financial markets," he said, pointing out that while Euro-zone sovereign debt spreads are back near their widest levels of the year recorded ...

Whac-a-mole 2.0

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... November 2009 redux when debt problems first and Dubai and then Greece sparked another wave of pessimism in the financial markets?" I guess I got my answer. But all these rediscovered fears are due to Ireland not admitting that it has a problem. It's ...

Thanks but no thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
Gimme, gimme. This was the financial markets' almost universal clamour just a few weeks ago before the Fed handed down QE2. They wanted it... and so desperately. Heck, some even wanted more than the US$600 billion Big Ben handed out. But that was a ...

Support grows for Asia Funds Passport

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... would have significant economic benefits flowing from enhanced regional capital flows, growing and deepening financial markets and higher levels of employment in Asia's funds management industry. It would also increase the industry's scale and efficiency ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... watch its members burn. Same as the worry about China, we've been down this path in the middle of this year. Financial markets eventually got over it. They're still buying Greek, Portuguese, Irish, Spanish and Italian bonds. The additional money now ...

QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... debt." "This is risky business." Fed Governor Kevin Warsh also used his speech at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association in New York to express his doubts. "I am less optimistic than some that additional asset purchases will have significant ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... November 2009 redux when debt problems first and Dubai and then Greece spark another wave of pessimism in the financial markets? I think not. The European sovereign debt issue had been/is being dealt with. Austerity measures are in place. Sure there ...