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Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... when people only know the GFC as the Geelong Football Club and not the Global Financial Crisis; the time when you, I and Irene (and even governments and central banks) thought that the good going was going to continue going good. But it didn't. The VIX ...

Easy CBs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... continue driving the unemployment rate down. And while the FOMC are already surveying exit options, fear not for you, I and Irene would be notified in advance. "Participants generally agreed that starting to consider the options for normalisation at ...

OMFG! Australia could lose an A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
We're in trouble now Virginia... you, I and Irene! That credit ratings agency - Standard & Poor's has waded in into the Federal Budget and put us, Australians all, on notice. Just read S&P's sovereign analyst Craig Michael's lips: "If it looked as though ...

Growth and consequence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... running at this rate. But just as the experience of the 1 April 1997 lift in the consumption tax (from 3% to 5%), you, I and Irene and the BOJ know that there would be payback. Just how much is the 64 million dollar question but market expectations centre ...

Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... about that war. It's the war being engaged by the mighty central banks of the world - the currency war that, is. You, I and Irene are well-aware of the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) intent. It's not making any bones about it -it's massive monetary and fiscal ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... Fed's asset shopping budget and more stressing that interest rates would remain low for a "considerable" time. You, I and Irene very much expected the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) decision last night, there was nothing new. It's measured taper ...

A 1987-style crash cometh (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... any moment now. And right on cue Virginia, we get the biggest Johnny Little of 'em all, Dr. Marc Faber warning you, I and Irene that, "I think it's very likely that we're seeing, in the next 12 months, an '87-type of crash." "This year, for sure - maybe ...

Dumping dear momos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... what we're seeing now. Many, if not most, eco stats and surveys are on the improve - not just the green shoots you, I and Irene pinned our hopes to back in 2010 - and have kept on improving, some have even whizzed passed their pre-GFC highs. Last night ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... 0.25% and... more "forward guidance". In his post-meeting press conference, ECB President Mario Draghi assured you, I and Irene (one more time) that, "We talked about lower interest rates, a lower deposit facility rate, we talked about QE" and them ...

Quicker and faster hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... 5.9% by end-2015, from 5.8% and 6.1% predicted in December. This, despite Fed Chair Janet Yellen herself telling you, I and Irene not to read too much into the "dot points" (the projections shown on a slide) because "These dots are going to move up and ...