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The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... 13 June 2014 to be precise -- Bloomberg headlined, "U.S. Stocks Fall as Oil Prices Rally Amid Iraq Tension". And yes, Virginia, this is where Homer S comes in. Wall Street falls on higher prices, Wall Street falls on lower oil prices. "Wall Street's ...

Are we there yet?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... Latest weak stats out of the eurozone are prompting fears of a triple dip recession there. But we already know this, right Virginia? From the time the second quarter GDP growth figures were released three months ago we knew. It doesn't take a fourth ...

I wish I may, I wish I might

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... would have noticed the verbs I used to prefix the numerical percentages --- yes, they're the superlative versions. Yes, Virginia, ups and downs in the order of 2.0% (give or take) have become big news these days. Never mind that equity markets are reacting ...

Seesaw on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... next - the one that caused Wall Street's see - is the same one that produced Wall Street's saw while we slept. For now Virginia, the Fed has admitted - in black and white - what you, I and Irene knew all along, that whatever they decide on could come ...

Super Mario dropkicks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... 0.3% and the deposit facility at -0.2% -- they were certainly disappointed with the details. Details? What details? Yes, Virginia there were details. The ECB even published a separate press release headed "2 October 2014 - ECB announces operational details ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... 10.2% drop from its March high. We know what usually happens when Wall Street suffers a (relatively) big fall, don't we Virginia? The financial press line up the usual suspects (and some freshly picked ones): interest rate concerns; geo-politics - Iraq ...

Time to get shorty?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... opening bell to take the All Ords down to the 5,353.08 points it opened this year at... and then some. Yes, I feel you Virginia. Go ahead, spit that dummy for the heavens appear to have conspired against us, Aussies - not that we need anymore, not with ...

Anticipatory and moderate adjustments had become necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
Li gets what Li likes. Yes Virginia, I've typed this phrase so many, many, many times -- changed from 'Wen gets what Wen wants when Wen wants it' when Li Kequiang took over China's premiership from Wen Jiabao on 13 March 2013 -- on this space before. ...

FRBSF takes on Jackson Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Thank you FRBSF! Join me Virginia, in thanking the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (yup, that's what the FRBSF stands for) for its recently-released economic research titled, "Assessing Expectations of Monetary Policy". Thank the FRBSF for bringing ...