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BRICs without BRI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
The timing may be varied - as early as 2027 and not until 2050 - but there was almost universal consensus that their grouping would eventually supplant the Group of 7 (G7) as the richest countries in the world. You guessed it Virginia, these are the ...

Quicker and faster hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
What's she done now? All this commotion... and just at her first ever meeting chairing the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The S&P 500 index fell by as much as 1.2% and yields on 10-year US Treasuries spiked by as much as 12 basis points overnight ...

Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... Street would continue running high till then. What happens after the August 2014 peak in Fed asset holdings is anybody's guess. Hopefully by then, America's economic growth is stronger and more sustainable, giving US equities a fresh reason - a more ...

Crimea makes it domestic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... referendum set for 16 March. With more than half (65% according to some reports) of the province's population Russians, guess which way the majority would vote? What's the West gonna do if the referendum gets an "aye" vote to secede? Certainly, they ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... Russian troops into the former Soviet state. He said the local market has followed overseas leads and opened strongly. "I guess it's overseas markets breathing a sigh of relief that Putin says he has no plans to invade Ukraine," he said. Locally the ...

When saving goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... eventually feed back into the economy. The more the government saves, the more households save, the more businesses saves. Guess it's up to Governor Glen Stevens to save the day. But tell me how anyone could afford to pay zero percent interest rates ...

Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
So what happened? Why did the previous day's Yellen yay turned into a Yellen yawn last night? Profit-taking?A Perhaps. Then again, why oh why? Why wouldn't the denizens of Wall Street lighten up their risks portfolios just a day after assured you, I ...

Japan's coming April fools' day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014

It's good, it's bad, it's faked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014

China heading for debt disaster, sure sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
You can set your watch on it! Like clockwork the start of the New Year brings with it a brand new stick to bash China with. China has become the world's tallest poppy. It must be cut down! China was bashed in 2010 with the social unrest stick back in ...