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Under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... the great Australian Labor Party I accept responsibility. I gave it my all but it was not enough for us to win." Yes Virginia, right through to the end Rudd still believed he could win...given "a couple more days". But alas! Two days more, he didn't ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... the pops in all measures.A Have a look here: http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/11/global-house-prices Yes Virginia, the RBA's correct, its rate cuts are supporting asset values alright. Its rate cuts have also increased demand for finance ...

September morn' or September mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... The federal funds rate went from 3% in January 1994 to 5.5% in December and 6.0% by February of the following year. Yes Virginia, the Fed doubled the cost of borrowing in just a month and a year! But...but (yeah me like buts), but what were US conditions ...

Growth and QE - will this time be different?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... (CCAdj)) increased $78.3 billion in the second quarter, in contrast to a decrease of $26.6 billion in the first". Yes Virginia, we've left cactusville.A This is definitely a good set of numbers particularly if you account for all the negatives that Uncle ...

Delay of execution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
I thought this would happen, but not to happen so soon. Yes Virginia, Wall Street's reaction to the looming war with Syria is playing out according to the script of the 1991 Iraq War and its 2003 sequel. There's the sell orders that comes with the anxiety ...

The game markets play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... when the word "taper" first came into the markets' fear jargon but it took us all this time to finally understand. Yes Virginia, nothing much has changed...much. Apart from the slight attack of the nerves when the S&P 500 dropped by nearly 6% between ...

Mother of all hard landings and other BSes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... 500's 17.9% gain and more than the Stoxx 600's 13.5% increase and the FTSE-100's 11.6% climb over the same period. Yes Virginia, we can again count ourselves lucky, lucky, lucky. But don't pop that cork on the champagne bottle yet. There's trouble - ...

Is it safe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... believe it. Christian Szell: Is it safe? Babe: No. It's not safe, it's... very dangerous, be careful. - Marathon Man Yes Virginia...decisions, decisions. But how do you know if it's time to buy, to sell or to hold when you still couldn't make up your ...

The coming 2013 crash according to Paul B. Farrell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... all: "Doomsday poll: 87% risk of stock crash by year-end Commentary: 10 predictions point to worse plunge than 2008" Yes Virginia, there's an 87% chance of a market meltdown by the end of 2013 according to Farrell "because in the real world of statistical ...

More flip flopping ahead for Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... payrolls -- set for release. You know the drill: better-than-expected outcome equals...; disappointing ones equal... Yes Virginia, markets have been reduced to this -- second guessing the Fed's hand with every single data point that comes its way. If ...