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In praise of the gloom and doomers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... services sector. But European stocks pared their losses after mixed US data sent Wall Street higher as markets continued to guess at when the Federal Reserve will begin scaling back the amount of stimulus it injects into the economy. London's benchmark ...

Waiting to catch up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013

'Tis the season to be bubbly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013

Feds speak Fedspeak yet again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013

Savings trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
The S&P 500 index closed on another record high. Ho-hum. It's been happening almost daily these days, it's no longer news...bo-ring. Reporting another inch up on the previous record high just doesn't cut it no more. How about "U.S. Stocks Rise, S&P ...

Calendar says buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... this had been correct nearly 75 per cent of the time. How did the S&P 500 index perform this January? It was up by 5.0%! Guess we just have to worry about the next January effect next January when we get to watch the game of chickens replayed in Wash ...

Washington watching Wall Street watch Washington

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013

There is fear in the market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013

Counting up and counting down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... 6.1% above the 2013 low of US$1.28. It started weakening on Fed taper talks but rebounded as soon as the Fed killed it. And guess what a prolonged crisis in America does...no near-term taper and perhaps, even an increase in Fed purchases. Bad for the ...