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Chocolate biscuits and animal spirits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... but we're not done with October yet. While we're waiting let's talk about chocolate biscuits and animal spirits. Yes Virginia, the panel of experts at the CBA's annual Australasian Conference discussed chocolate biscuits and animal spirits a they try ...

Jawbone collection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... bankers came and (re)played it all again. "I get knocked down but I get up again, you're never going to keep me down". Nah Virginia, the world's biggest central banks didn't lift a finger, they merely used their collective jawbones to do the scaring ...

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 ...