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Europe push-US pull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... characterised as Europe pushed-US pulled. Europe pushed. Fears of a debt contagion remain hanging like Damocles' sword over Europe. Nah, I think the better allegory is the Greek myth of Sisyphus - you know, him who was punished to repeatedly roll a boulder ...

Reverse contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... crisis in sovereign bonds! Seems to me that the contagion stops at Germany. Or it could be a harbinger of a German recession. Nah. The German yield curve remains positively-sloped. The German economy went into a recession in the third quarter of 2008 ...

Cup Day: Aussies to win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... credible final solution to its crisis that lifts confidence and sends markets soaring before Cup Day. On second thought - nah. Think I'll just stick to the horse trade, sorry I mean, horse race.

Rewarding wishful thinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... should be regarded as an integral part of the EU's comprehensive strategy to restore confidence and overcome the crisis." Nah, it's just the hope for a carrot. Yup, it's like any other form of motherhood statement we hear from politicians. Ask for details ...

Asian counterweight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... a second bailout of Greece and increased the European Financial Stability Facility's (EFSF) bailout funds and powers. But nah, it must come to this - the same way it did in previous episodes from the very first time Greece cried that it needed a transfusion. ...

Not in the mood for bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... 53.7 markets expected - from 54.6 in May. Hey, this is another indication that the US economy continues to slow, doesn't it? Nah, not necessarily - because, in Bloomberg's words, "A reading above 50 signals expansion." Wall Street may have closed on ...

Can't hear you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... Americans are now buying jewellery instead of houses while at the same time claiming unemployment insurance? Just a thought. Nah! Bloomberg quotes Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Philadelphia-based Janney Montgomery Scott LLC to clarify. ...

Never wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011

Seeing evil, hearing evil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... Central Bank (ECB) to raise interest rates last month in spite of the lingering debt crisis among many of its members. But nah, niet! Financial markets no longer see it that way in May. It's the same with the European sovereign debt crisis. European ...

Equity and commodity alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... years ago. They came vaguely close in 1915, 1955 and 1966, but nothing like as close as they will be in May this year." But nah! Wall Street had been behaving this way since late April (if memory serves me right). It went up with commodity prices and ...