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Janet's Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... activity in the Eurozone and in China - as indicated by the latest PMI surveys - dented investors' optimism. Why? In a word, Janet. She got us babe. Investors are positioning, er, buying, ahead of Fed Chair Janet Jackson Hole address. US inflation data ...

Goldilocks is back in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... July - and permits to build new single-family domiciles inched up by only 0.9%. Not too hot, not too cold. Just right for Janet Yellen to reiterate her interest rates would remain low for a "considerable period" address at Jackson Hole. Wall Street's ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... Kenny Nolan, "Love's Grown Deep" Not long now, Super Mario Draghi must be beaming with excitement for his upcoming date with Janet Yellen this coming Friday - not to show off his Italian suit and shoes or brag that he could be the next Italian President ...

Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... growth was being debated (polar vortex or not?) and the butcher, the baker and the candlestick makers were waiting for Ms. Janet to talk and tell them whether taper continues or not. Going back farther down memory lane we find that this 2014 high is ...

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... one week to the next anyways. But should this be the start of a rising trend, it would stall the Fed. So what's the worry? Janet Yellen would be singing Cher's, "babe, I got you babe". Speaking of stall, that's exactly what the bad news on the Eurozone ...

US bond market says not yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... expected would be shot if the markets sell-off because one or all these scares eventuate. The Fed might even 'untaper' instead. Janet Yellen won't simply let it happen. The bond market knows this. Despite the 'scary' 2.0% fall in the S&P last Thursday ...

'As expected' changing expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... that line is, don't you think? And if a "significant correction" does indeed materialise, it would start (according to the Janet Yellen Fed) in "smaller firms in the social media and biotechnology industries" whose "valuation metrics... appear substantially ...

Punishing Putin (harder)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... December 2007 - from an already strong 86.4 in the previous month - the second highest since January 2008. Couldn't be Aunt Janet. She's expected to announce the Fed's continued benevolence towards you, I and Irene after the conclusion of the FOMC's ...

Dip-buying pays

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... were 0.38 percent in 2009." It pays to buy the dips because the Fed is making sure that it pays to buy the dips. Would Aunt Janet reinforce this message again mid-week this week after the FOMC meeting? The short answer is, "presumably yes". On second ...

Arrows and more arrows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... put smiles on the faces of may a-Wall Streeter. US inflation "is evolving in line with the committee's expectations," as Janet told us only a week ago. Annual headline inflation steadied at 2.1% in June from May and core inflation eased to 1.9% from ...