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Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... Coalition) war with Syria (and Russia) following comments by US President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry.A You, I and Irene know what war is good for, don't we?A Absolutely nothing! Not only is war brewing in the geo-political stage, there's ...

Out of the woods and into?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013

The "ber" months are coming

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013

Let the baby kissing pictures begin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013

Data diarrhoea

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013

Post-Bernanke uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... out there. The point is the bears could use this emerging uncertainty to pounce anew and scare the pants off you, I and Irene. Then again, short of the Big O appointing lunatics or terrorists to the Fed, we now know that it pays to go a-shopping when ...

A prince, a princess or a frog?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... stimulation. Tapering does not mean a hike in the fed fund's rate. But nah. There's again anxiety in the air while you, I and Irene wait for Bernanke to say it again, just in case. In a play of Greenspan's words, to be absolutely certain "we understood ...

Designer slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... Committee this week (unless the headlines try to put nasty words into his mouth again). Happy days are here again for you, I and Irene. Well, perhaps, but not quite. There's still the world's second biggest economy to worry about...and boyoboyoboy, it's ...

Adjusting for adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... was down a little and the S&P 500 up a bit for there was hardly anything new to inspire that animal spirit in you, I and Irene to go out and shop for stocks till we drop. Nor was there concrete triggers to let the bears out...woof, woof, woof, woof (oops ...

Improving picture paints a taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... S&P 500 closed 1.5% on the plus and the Nasdaq turned in a positive 2.2%. All in a week that, on balance, gave you, I and Irene a picture of continued positive momentum in the US economy. Didn't Uncle Ben tell us to watch the data? The better they are ...