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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
Fifteen point zero nine points or just a little over 0.28%. This is all the All Ordinaries index need to slip by today to take it back to square one - where it was at the start of 2014. Given the lead from offshore markets overnight - the S&P 500 dropped ...

Thrills, spills and chills

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
The answers to our niggling questions - we got most of 'em last week. Like a well-scripted slasher thriller, we've got the thrills, the spills, chilling suspense and then at the end of the day... the good guy gets the girl and walks. Financial markets ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Yesterday we found out that financial markets' worry about the Fed was too much ado about "considerable time". Any moment now, we'll get to know how the land of "Braveheart" and scotch on the rocks - Scotland - voted with regards to their divorce with ...

Instant replay of the song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
It's Fed day today and I couldn't decide whether to begin this space with Dan Hartman's "Instant Replay" or Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains The Same". Yes, yes, yes... both of 'em show how ancient me is but... both of 'em are also apropos to what the ...

Anticipatory and moderate adjustments had become necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
Li gets what Li likes. Yes Virginia, I've typed this phrase so many, many, many times -- changed from 'Wen gets what Wen wants when Wen wants it' when Li Kequiang took over China's premiership from Wen Jiabao on 13 March 2013 -- on this space before. ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
What's in a word? Two words to be precise. Speculation that the Fed would (or would not) change these two words when it delivers its monetary policy statement on Wednesday (NY time) has focussed the minds of many an investor lately and... wet the pants ...

Calendrically weak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
"Problems, problems, problems all day long Will my problems work out right or wrong?... Worries, worries pile up on my head Woe is me, I should have stayed in bed..." -- Everly Brothers A confluence of worries - old and new -- concerned Wall Street ...

Unbelievably beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
They were an unbelievably beautiful set of numbers that they were, well... simply unbelievable. Talkin' here 'bout "Catalogue 6202.0 - Labour Force, Australia, Aug 2014" the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released yesterday, folks. Australia's ...

A tale of two A's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
We were treated to a tale of two A's over the past 24 hours - Apple and the A dollar. It was the best of times. Apple scripts jumped by 3.1% -- up 26% this year -- after launching its new products into the market. "Apple announced a smartwatch, mobile-payments ...

FRBSF takes on Jackson Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Thank you FRBSF! Join me Virginia, in thanking the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (yup, that's what the FRBSF stands for) for its recently-released economic research titled, "Assessing Expectations of Monetary Policy". Thank the FRBSF for bringing ...