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Up, down and sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... future. And that's the rub. They don't. Remember 15 July 2008 when the A$ was staring at reaching parity with the big dollar? Lehman Brothers happened exactly two months later! Currency forecasters immediately went to work on their models and predicted ...

Wealth effect turns positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... Philadelphia Fed's index on manufacturing jumped to 14.1 in September - the highest level since June 2007 (you know, before the Lehman bust) from 4.2 in the previous month. There was also good news for those who remain worried about the state of the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... very likely over" also appeared to help the mood as investors reflected on the one-year anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers that set off a global panic. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 56.61 points, or 0.59 per cent, to 9683.41 as ...

Expect the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... many an investment advice. Yes Virginia, the world has changed from a year ago. Tomorrow marks the first anniversary when Lehman Brothers became no more. Just as only a few saw Lehman's fall last year, only a few could countenance the unbelievable rally ...

Aussie dollar rises to restore equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... our more valuable currency could purchase. The A$ went as high as US$0.9786 on 15 July 2008 -- exactly two months before Lehman Bros declared bankruptcy. It was all downhill from there. Bullish predictions were quickly replaced by gloom. The Australian ...

Treading on treacherous territory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... stay out of the market. Prices weakened. Prophecy fulfilled. September 15, 2008. Yes, it was in September last year when Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. You still remember that, correct? My point exactly. Last year's market mayhem are still fresh ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... nervous as they head into September, historically the stock market's worst month. Last September, which saw the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the kickoff of the worst financial crisis in decades, is still fresh in investors' minds. On Friday, the Dow ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... showed businesses in Europe's biggest economy are at their most confident since the spectacular collapse of US banking giant Lehman Brothers in September 2008. Home sales data and a jump in manufactured goods orders in the US also did little to cheer ...

Almost Per-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... second four-year term. No surprises here despite the American public's angst at Ben for failing to stop the collapse of Lehman, which led to the financial market rout, which led to the recession, which led to them losing their homes and their jobs...and ...

Recession over! Sigh!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
"The recovery has started." This is the world according to IMF chief economist Olivier Blanchard. Or read another way, the global recession is over. My immediate reaction on reading this was a deep sigh. No, not a sigh of relief. But a sigh of disappointment. ...