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Equity value - cheap or the new normal?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
There must be some truth in reports that came out a few days ago, that Australians have now surpassed the Brits as the world's biggest whingers. Whinge, whinge, whinge. This went on full display right here, right now after the RBA decided to give the ...

Still a guessing game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
"Confusion raining down from up high And all the time you ask yourself 'why?' Why can't you make decisions Can't make up your mind." -- Confusion, The Zutons This, Virginia, sums up the current state of the markets. With so much uncertainty around ...

"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
Stop looking. There are no ifs, no ands, no ors, and no buts to find, it's getting ugly out there. Oh yes Virginia, the combed over look ugly as events and indicators of the past week suggest that we are coming into, if not already in, a perfect storm. ...

Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
May's over. It's done, dusted, it's obituary is written and save for the diehard bulls - and perhaps, Warren (of the "be greedy when others are fearful" fame), best forgotten. Just our luck 'ey Virginia, the euro tragedy did a replay last month, giving ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
"Here comes that rainy day feeling again, and soon my tears will be falling like rain..." (The Fortunes) Looks like I have to prefix my surname with the letters W and R for while I correctly anticipated that heightened volatility in the financial markets ...

Bad news? What bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
Shiver me timbers! If you ever doubted that the markets see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear, the equity markets' performance over the past 24 hours will make a believer out of ya'll. Forget Europe, China's coming to the rescue. ...

Show me the stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
Think somebody forgot to remind the Australian stock market that we're still in May. Sell, sell, sell in May remember? The All Ordinaries index jumped just a few points shy of a full percent yesterday despite a negative lead in the final day of trading ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
Now look at that! Wall Street and most European stock markets ended on the plus side last week despite that nagging Grexit feeling - and its potential to be followed by an Irexit, Portexit, Spanexit and Italexit - that'll culminate in a eurozone kaboom. ...

Missed the bottom?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
Say what? Now I'm not complaining - I'll take every little bit that restores market confidence - but I believe this chapter of the Greek tragedy isn't over yet. At least, until closer to, on the day, or right after the 17 June elections when the Greeks ...

VIX says nearly shopping time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
Armageddon. Catastrophe. Lehman Bros moment. GFC mark II. Game over. Funny but... haven't I heard all this before? Let me think. Yeah right. That's it. "Twas about four years ago when Lehman bit the dust. Remember how you - and your neighbours -- felt ...