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Taper talk - the finale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013

That evil word is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... but the whole world depends on this one number - heads or tails? Surely, this ain't so! The Fed knows it so do you, I and Irene. And by the by...I'm convince that the drop in the unemployment rate to 7.3% had been largely due to falling participation ...

Waiting to catch up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013

'Tis the season to be bubbly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013

Tony, SBY and Janet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... Minister but Prime Minister no longer. Heck, he's just resigned from government altogether last week. Perfect! But you, I and Irene won't make or lose money speculating on this neighbourly spat. So what else is news? There's the OECD releasing its latest ...

CB onslaught

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... Chances are the minutes would only be a very long version of the statements released at the meeting. Excitement. You, I and Irene might be able to pick up some clues as to what the CB's are really thinking by digging into the nuances of every word typed ...

QE according to Yellen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... My Soul It's looking a lot like a happy Thanksgiving and a very merry Christmas, don't you think so Virginia? You, I and Irene have US Federal Reserve vice-chairman Janet Yellen to thank for these. The Dow and the S&P 500 indexes may have only advanced ...

Feds speak Fedspeak yet again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013

It's the twit not the taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013

Now for a taper in December

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013