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Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... round of "surprises" - monetary policy easing by the central banks of Australia, India, Singapore, China, Peru, Turkey, Russia and Canada; QE by the ECB; more (or longer) QE by the BOJ; and the RBNZ's policy hawk to dove reversal. Financial markets expect ...

Asia already benefiting from fall in oil prices

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... country's terms of trade and current account deficit. BlackRock also said that emerging market producers such as Venezuela, Russia and several Gulf nations are "likely to suffer" and to "come under intense pressure, which is only likely to grow the longer ...

When Harry met Sally syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... a tightening bias to "on hold for some time" and perhaps a possible rate cut was not. On the 30th, the Central Bank of Russia unexpectedly cut its repo rate by 200 basis points to 15% -- just a bit over a month after it raised it 6.5 percentage points ...

G20, FTA and Vlad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... Accounts are released today). And what about the G20 summit in St. Petersburg in September 2013? Yes folks, that was in Russia (when it was G20 president) where Russia committed, among others, "to improving the business environment..." Vlad improved ...

Ruble trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... Prime Minister Tony Abbott faces-off with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing this week. Tony doesn't have to, Russia's very own central bank have done it for him days before Vlad left for China. On 5 November - a day after the Melbourne Cup ...

Rejoice for the A$ has fallen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
"...I see your true colors Shining through." - Cyndi Lauper Has the A$ just revealed its true colour? It's a Democrat and an Obama groupie! The Australian dollar "plummeted" "nosedived" "plunged" "tumbled" "was smoked" following reports that the Republicans ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... financial press line up the usual suspects (and some freshly picked ones): interest rate concerns; geo-politics - Iraq, Syria, Russia, HK/China; tepid global growth; Ebola.... and then the dip buyers, the bargain hunters, the bottom fishers come... and ...

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014

Calendrically weak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... lower over the past five trading days. Tensions in the Ukraine continue prompting the EU to raise its sanctions against Russia - adding 15 companies, including energy companies Gazprom Neft and OAO Rosneft, to its list of sanctioned businesses as well ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... share price index futures contract is down 19 points at 5,519. US stocks have dropped as the West slapped new sanctions on Russia and traders saw a higher chance the Federal Reserve next week will accelerate its timeline to raise interest rates. The ...